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Guest Post - Pumpkin Coconut Date Bars
Welcome everyone and happy Tuesday! I am very excited to share a guest post with you by Tina from Carrots and Cake. If you have not done so already, I suggest you drop over and pay Tina a visit. Her blog is really informative and very upbeat. It really is a great find and definitely one to bookmark.
Follow along below and make your own Pumpkin Coconut Bars.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour*
- 1/2 cup white flour
- 1 cup brown sugar (I used 1/2 cup of Splenda brown sugar)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp canola oil
- 1/2 cup chopped dates
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
*I used 1/2 cup of whole wheat and 1/2 cup of regular white flour for this recipe. The bars were tasty, but pretty dense. I recommend using 1 cup of white flour and nixing the whole wheat flour all together.
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine pumpkin, brown sugar, vanilla, and oil, then mix in flour (both kinds) and baking powder.
- Stir in dates, coconut, and walnuts to mixture.
- Coat 8X8 baking pan with cooking spray and spread mixture evenly in pan (photo below).
- Bake for 15-18 minutes at 350 degrees until batter is mostly firm.
- Top with additional coconut shavings and cook for another 8-10 minutes on 450 degrees until coconut begins to brown.
- Let cool for 10-15 minutes, and the cut into bars (mine were
approximately 2″ X 2″).
Here’s the mixture before going into the oven…
… and here’s the final product, piping-hot with golden-brown shredded
coconut on top.
I hope everybody enjoyed the guest post from Tina. Feel free to comment and tell us what you think of these yummy coconut pumpkin bars. Have a great day!
Zesty
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16 Comments Received
November 4th, 2008 @8:26 am
Yum! I love pumkpin and dates, but I have never combined them and then added coconut. What a fabulous recipe! I will definitely try this. Thanks Zesty for having one of my favorite bloggers as a guest poster!
November 4th, 2008 @8:46 am
pumpkin bars…..these are great!!! The only question I’m wondering is for how long it can be kept in fridge?
November 4th, 2008 @9:47 am
these look great!
November 4th, 2008 @10:16 am
Oh this looks great! Love the coconut.
+Jessie
a.k.a. The Hungry Mouse
November 4th, 2008 @10:29 am
These sound really good! Thanks Tina & Zesty!
November 4th, 2008 @10:47 am
Loooove Tina’s bars!!
November 4th, 2008 @12:29 pm
thank you for featuring this! she mades absolutely fantastic recipes.
November 4th, 2008 @1:51 pm
this looks delicious! i love pumpkin ANYTHING and these look like a keeper
November 4th, 2008 @3:32 pm
I love Tina’s blog! These look delicious. Pumpkin desserts are so good.
November 4th, 2008 @4:08 pm
What a great guest! I cannot get enough of Tina’s baked goods! Her oatmeal raisin bars are a HUGE hit at my house! I have even started making a vegan version!
November 4th, 2008 @5:18 pm
This sounds absolutely amazing. Wow!
November 4th, 2008 @5:25 pm
I love Tina’s stuff! Great guest post
- Jen
November 4th, 2008 @7:41 pm
Looks delicious! Great guest post!
November 4th, 2008 @9:05 pm
ugh, yum. thats all im gonna say about that.
November 5th, 2008 @3:13 pm
Oh yum. Two of my favorite things - coconut and pumpkin. Great recipe.
November 29th, 2008 @8:11 am
Looks awesome! Thanks so much for featuring one of my recipes!
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