Description
Seasonal pumpkin chocolate chip bars blend warm spices with rich chocolate in a comforting autumn dessert. Creamy pumpkin and melted chocolate create an irresistible treat you’ll want to savor with friends and family.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1½ cups chocolate chips
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened (226 g/8 oz)
- 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (240 g/8.5 oz)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
- Oven Preparation: Calibrate oven to 325°F and thoroughly grease a 9×13-inch pan to guarantee effortless release.
- Dry Ingredient Fusion: Sift flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt together, creating a uniform dry mixture that ensures consistent flavor distribution.
- Butter Transformation: Cream butter and sugar until the mixture becomes light, fluffy, and dramatically increased in volume, signaling perfect aeration.
- Wet Ingredient Integration: Incorporate egg and vanilla extract into the butter mixture, then seamlessly blend pumpkin puree until achieving a silky, homogeneous consistency.
- Batter Formation: Gently fold dry ingredients into wet components, stirring minimally to prevent gluten development and maintain a tender texture.
- Chocolate Chip Dispersion: Delicately fold chocolate chips throughout the batter, ensuring an even, generous distribution of sweet morsels.
- Pan Filling: Smoothly transfer batter into prepared pan, using a spatula to create an impeccably level surface that reaches every corner.
- Baking Process: Bake for 30 minutes, watching for golden-brown edges and confirming doneness with a clean toothpick inserted into the center.
- Cooling and Serving: Allow bars to cool completely within the pan, which stabilizes the texture and facilitates clean, precise cutting into delectable squares.
Notes
- Prevent Overmixing: Stir dry and wet ingredients gently to maintain a tender, soft texture without developing tough gluten strands.
- Temperature Precision: Ensure butter and eggs are at room temperature for smoother blending and more consistent baking results.
- Spice Balance: Adjust pumpkin pie spice to personal taste, but keep proportions consistent for optimal flavor profile.
- Storage Strategy: Store bars in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days, or refrigerate for extended freshness.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 301
- Sugar: 22 g
- Sodium: 124 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 36 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 33 mg