Pumpkin Pie Bars

Being that the holidays have just passed, I'm sure you have some extra cans of pumpkin and sweetened condensed milk in your pantry.  Bring them out for this yummy treat!!

This is everything you will need:

Now, let's get started.  =)

Pumpkin Pie Bars

1 1/2 C All Purpose Flour

1 C Finely chopped nuts

1/2 C Granulated sugar

1/2 C Firmly packed brown sugar

2 tsp ground cinnamon, divided

3/4 C butter or margarine

1 (15 oz) can pumpkin

1 (14 oz) can Sweetened condensed milk

2 Eggs, beaten

1/2 tsp Ground all spice

1/4 tsp salt

1 Tbsp All Purpose Flour

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 F

2. Combine flour, nuts, sugars, 1 tsp cinnamon.  Add butter, mix until crumbly.

3. Reserve 1 1/4 C crumb mixture. Pat remaining mixture on bottom of ungreased 13x9" dish.

4. Combine pumpkin, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, 1 tsp cinnamon, all spice & salt, mix well.

5. Mix reserved crumbs with 1 Tbsp flour. Sprinkle of pumpkin mixture.

6. Bake 30-35 minutes or until pumpkin mixture has set.

7. Let cool 10 minutes on cooling racks.  Cut into bars & serve warm.

8. Store left over bars in closed container in refrigerator.

Enjoy!!!

Spiced Holiday Cookies

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! We did and we're not even done yet! When our older boys come home from their Christmas break we have more gifts to open. 

Back to the matter at hand.

Everything I gave as gifts was homemade with one exception: my husband's gift.  I made homemade Playdough for kids and for the adult I made these delish cookies.  Check out the video below for the tutorial.  However, if you're not into that you can just skip it and copy the recipe below that. =)

I hope you give the recipe a try and let me know how you like them. =)

Don't they look awesome?!  They were a definite hit!

McCormick Spiced Holiday Sugar Cookies

2 1/3 C flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

1/4 tsp salt

1 1/4 C sugar

1 C (2 sticks) butter, softened

1 egg

2 tsp pure vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. 

2. Beat sugar and butter in large bowl until light and fluffy.

3. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. 

4. Gradually beat in flour until well mixed. 

5. Refrigerate 2 hours or overnight until firm.

6. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F

7. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 1/8 inch thickness.

8. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters and place on greased baking sheets.

9. Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.

10. Cool on baking sheet for 1 min then transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely.

11. Decorate with cookie icing. (Optional)

Cookie Icing

1 C confectioners (powdered) sugar

2 tsp milk

2 tsp light corn syrup

1/4 tsp almond extract (or other extract)

food coloring

Instructions

1. Mix all ingredients until smooth

2. Decorate cookies.

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Have a beautiful and safe New Years Eve. 

Many blessing over you and your family over the next year!