Why not try making these Pumpkin Bars Glazed with Maple Syrup Recipe

Serves:- 24

Preparation Time:- 20

Cooking Time:- 30

Ready:- 4 hours cooling time

Ingredients:-

• 125g plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice or ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 120ml vegetable oil
• 200g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 250g pumpkin purée
• 110g raisins
• Glaze
• 65g sieved icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup

Method for Pumpkin Bars Glazed with Maple Syrup Recipe:-

Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4

• Grease and flour a 23x33cm sized baking tin.
• In a medium bowl mix together flour, spices, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda.
• In a large bowl beat the eggs, oil and sugar, until mixture is smooth.
• In the large bowl stir in the pumpkin, and the dry ingredients.
• Mix in the raisins.
• Spoon the mixture into the prepared baking tin and spread evenly.
• Bake for around 30 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow to cool before adding the glaze.

Glaze

• Stir together the icing sugar with the maple syrup.
• If glaze is too thick to drizzle from a spoon, just add a tiny bit of water.
• Drizzle over the cooled pumpkin cake before cutting into bars.