Pumpkin Blondies with Pumpkin Frosting
Moist pumpkin blondies with sweet frosting topping.
Servings: 24
Calories: 243kcal
Ingredients
For the Blondies
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ⅔ cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 cups flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
For the Frosting
- ½ cup room temperature butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoon pumpkin purée
- 2 tablespoon milk or cream
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
To Make The Blondies:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, and coat the bottom and sides of a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with butter, or spray with nonstick cooking spray.
- Melt 1 cup of butter in a microwave safe small bowl. Add the melted butter to the brown and white sugar and stir to dissolve in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, or by hand with a wooden spoon.
- Add the eggs, vanilla, and pumpkin, and combine well.
- In another medium bowl, combine the dry ingredients; flour, salt, cinnamon, ground cloves, and, ground nutmeg.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients in a large bowl, and stir well to combine, but don't over stir.
- Bake for 30 min., until the blondies are golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Allow the blondies to cool before frosting them.To make the frosting:
- Cream the butter in a mixing bowl of a stand mixer. Add the vanilla, 2 tablespoon pumpkin puree, milk or cream, and powdered sugar. Mix at a low speed to combine, and then for min. or two at a high speed, until frosting looks creamy and well combined.
- Spread over cooled blondies, sprinkle with cinnamon if you wish, and slice into approx. 24 pieces. Enjoy!
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Notes
Store the pumpkin blondies in an airtight container.
Don't over mix your blondie batter after you add in the flour. Overmixing creates too much gluten and leads to tough blondies intead of tender, chewy ones.
Don't over bake these blondies. They will lose some of their chewiness and become dry if over baked. Bake until they're set in middle and pulling away from the sides, and a toothpick stuck in the middle comes our clean.
Make sure to add the frosting, it really adds a lot of flavor and texture to this dish.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 243kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 48mg | Sodium: 150mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 23g
