Thanksgiving

Pumpkin-Date Bars is for Dessert.

Pumpkin-Date Bars takes 35 minutes to prepare.

Pumpkin-Date Bars takes 30 minutes to cook.

Pumpkin-Date Bars makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for Pumpkin-Date Bars are:

Filling:
1 cup chopped dates (I used Chinese Jujubes), soaked overnight and drained
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 cup apple juice
? tsp liquid stevia
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Crumb
? cup instant oatmeal
1 cup large flake rolled oats
? cup flour
? cup oat flour
? cup kinako, coconut flour or ground almonds
⅔ cup brown sugar
? tsp baking soda
? tsp salt
? tsp pumpkin pie spice
? tbsp vanilla
? cups melted butter

Here is how you make Pumpkin-Date Bars:

Heat oven to 350F and grease an 8? square pan.Filling:Combine all the ingredients in a food processor or blender and puree until smooth (some tiny pieces of date are fine).Bars:In a large bowl, mix the oatmeal through pumpkin pie spice until well combined. Add the the vanilla and melted butter, mixing until crumbly.Firmly press half of the crumble mix into the pan. Spread filling over the top, then sprinkle with remaining crumble mix. Pat down.Bake for 30 minutes or until golden. Cool in the pan on a rack.Serving Size: Makes one 8" cake, 12 piecesNumber of Servings: 12Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.

The nutritional information for Pumpkin-Date Bars is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 294.7

• Total Fat: 12.8 g
• Cholesterol: 31.0 mg
• Sodium: 181.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 46.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.0 g
• Protein: 5.5 g

The dietary needs meet for Pumpkin-Date Bars is Vegetarian