Pumpkin Macadamia Bars

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 18
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup solid pack pumpkin
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 2/3 cup chopped macadamia nuts

Recipe

• 1 combine flour, spices and baking soda in small bowl.
• 2 beat butter and sugars in large bowl until creamy.
• 3 beat in pumpkin, egg and vanilla into the butter and sugar mixture until blended; gradually beat in flour mixture.
• 4 stir in 1 1/2 cups of the chips and the nuts.
• 5 spread into a greased 15 1/2x10 1/2 jelly roll pan.
• 6 bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 18-20 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.
• 7 cool in pan on wire rack.
• 8 while bars are cooling, place remaining chips in heavy duty plastic bag.
• 9 microwave on high for 45 seconds; knead.
• 10 microwave at 10 second intervals, kneading until smooth.
• 11 cut tiny corner from bag; squeeze to drizzle over the bars.