Sarah's pumpkin cookies and my first ever almond milk pumpkin spice latte (Thanks, Benelux Cafe!!) have got me in the pumpkin spice mood. I used this (non-vegan) bean based blondie recipe as inspiration and added my favorite fall flavors! They aren't super sweet, so if you roll that way you would definitely need to add more molasses or sugar. You would, of course, have to adjust otherwise to make up for it. The lightly sweet molasses and the mild pumpkin flavors make me think they'd be perfect for a nice fall brunch.
Pumpkin Bars
(You could call these something like Navy Bean Pumpkin Bars or Gluten Free Beany Bars, but I figure why scare people?)
Ingredients:
1-1/4 cup brown rice flour
1/4 cup arrowroot
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1-1/2 cups cooked navy beans
1-1/2 cups cooked navy beans
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup canola oil
3/4 cup canned pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie mix)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup light molasses
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cloves
1/8 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp salt
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Lightly oil a 9x9 baking dish.
Preheat oven to 350. Lightly oil a 9x9 baking dish.
Using a fine mesh sieve, sift together the brown rice flour, arrowroot, cream of tartar and baking soda into a large bowl. Set aside
In a good blender or food processor, blend the remaining ingredients until really smooth.
In a good blender or food processor, blend the remaining ingredients until really smooth.
Pour the bean-pumpkin mixture into the flour mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until well incorporated.
Spoon the batter into baking dish and smooth with a rubber spatula.
Bake until top has cracks in it, bars start to pull away from sides of dish, and toothpick comes out (mostly) clean, about 40 minutes.
Place on wire rack to cool completely. Slice into bars and serve.
7 comments:
these look amazing - have been interested in the bean baking but wary after a bad experience - however I am excited by pumpkin - so these are top of my list of bean baking to try
I like the name Gluten Free Beany Bars! They look delicious. You have me craving pumpkin!
aahahaha! so true, Dawn. people get kinda freaked out about beans in baked goods. cracks me the hell up. i'm down for slightly sweet and i agree - these sound perfect for an autumn brunch. so yum!
oh yeah, i love those old Corelle dishes the mostest! my mom gave me all of their old wedding dishes and i'm loving life. they go along nicely with all the old pyrex we have, too.
Did you just make baked goods with beans??? *went back to check* Yes, you did. This is GENIUS! I love this idea and I so want to try it now. P.S. How creepy was that little brother in "Teen Witch" by the way? He was a little strange yet entertaining all rolled into one. Why do I want to explore an abandoned house with a shirtless hunk named Brad?
hehe...why wouldn't you? And that kid is totally on my favorite episode of Family Ties.
I agree these do look amazing. I would so love to try one - beans in a bar!
I've never made any sort of blondies and I've tried baked goods with beans so I think this need to be the first one I try!
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