Pumpkin Bars

[aklap]

Pumpkin Bars

While they are called "Pumpkin Bars" - it's really more like a cake. The finished product is about 2-3" tall - not flat like a browine.

4 eggs beaten
2 cups sugar
1 cup canola oil
1 cup pumpkin
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp Arm & Hammer baking soda
1 tsp Calumet baking powder
2 cups GF flour (We use Bette Hagman Gourmet 4 Flour Blend)
1 tsp xanthan gum

Combine all ingredients & mix well. Pour in to greased 11x15 pan.
Bake @ 350 for 25-30 min. 8 x 11.5 pan will work for 1/2 receipe

Frosting:
4-5 oz cream cheese (softened)
3 tbsp softend butter
3/4 lb powered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp milk

Mix & beat until fluffy. Spread on warm pumpkin bars.

These will freeze quite well.


Peg Notes:

10/7/09 - I have been reworking many of our recipes with a different flour mixture. I'm finding various combinations of Jules flour mix and sorghum flour work very well.

For this recipe, replace the above flour with:

1 cup of Jules
1 cup of sorghum (Bob's Redmill)

I must say these bars taste almost identical to my NGF bars!

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Since Al has the ability to tolerate large amounts of bean flour, I have not subbed out the 4 Flour Blend. If I were to sub it out, I'd replace 1 cup of 4 Flour blend with 1 cup of Featherlight mix plus 1 tablespoon of quinoa flour. The quinoa flour adds a nice texture due to the protein, however it does have a strong flavor so you wouldn't want to use in everything.

Featherlight Mix

Source: Bette Hagman, The Gluten Free Gourmet

3 cups rice flour
3 cups tapioca starch
3 cups cornstarch
3 tablespoons potato FLOUR (Not starch)

Peg
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Al

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[aklap]

As many of you know I like to eat GF baked goods right out of the freezer. Peg made up a batch of these recently and I fished one out last night to see how they were frozen. FANTASTIC! Not rock hard at at all.

They have a very smooth texture - much like cheese cake.

I think we found a companion to Frozen Brownies on Stick...

Oh - these are unfrosted.
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Al

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

[ostrich]

Oddly enough, I just made some pumpkin cupcakes that're pretty much the same recipe. The only real change is I used the Featherlight mix instead of the 4 bean blend, and I didn't put any butter in my frosting. They're really, really good. DH even loved them, and he's an incredibly picky eater (especially with desserts).
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