Satisfy your love of everything pumpkin with these delectable pumpkin chocolate chip blondies.

 

Ingredients

• 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree
• 2 tbsp pure vanilla extract
• 1-1/2 cups dark chocolate chips

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350F.

2 On a large piece of parchment paper, sift together the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt; set aside.

3 In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium speed. Add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy.

4 Add the egg, pumpkin puree and vanilla and beat until fully combined.

5 Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Turn the mixer to low, add the dry ingredients and mix until fully combined.

6 Fold in the chocolate chips. Spread the batter evenly into a buttered, parchment paper-lined 9" x 13" pan and smooth the top with a spatula
or the back of a large spoon.

7 Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.

8 Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.

9 Run a small knife along the edges of the pan. Carefully remove the slab from the pan and cut into approximately 2" x 2" bars. Make sure to use at least a 10" knife to avoid dragging the knife across the bars.

Makes 24 blondies.

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Excerpted from Butter Baked Goods by Rosie Daykin. Recipes Copyright © 2013 Rosie Daykin, Photography copyright © 2013 Janis Nicolay. Excerpted by permission of Appetite by Random House, a division of Random House Canada, Inc. All rights reserved.