Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookie Bars
The best part about these is that they are truly a trickster cookie. You will fool everyone that tucked into these tasty little tidbits are a totally healthy fruit (yes pumpkins are a fruit). That is as long as you guys don't have a little blabber-mouth on your hands!
Servings: 20 Bars
Calories: 313kcal
Ingredients
- 3 1/4 cups + 1/8 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons water
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened, 2 sticks
- 1/2 cup pure pumpkin puree
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar increase to 1/2 cup for a sweeter cookie bar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar increase to 1 cup for a sweeter cookie bar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 2 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips less or more depending on your taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan or line with parchment paper.
- Combine the whole wheat pastry flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat the butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy, about 3 to five minutes. Add in the pumpkin, beat well. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each egg. Gradually beat in the flour mixture and the 2 teaspoons of water. Stir in 2 cups of chocolate chips and then ad more to your liking.
- Spread the dough out into the prepared pan. Bake for 18 to 25 minutes, just until set in the center. Don't over-bake because bars will firm up as they cool, if anything undercook. If the cookies get too cooked they will become cakey. Allow to cool completely before cutting into bars.
Nutrition
Calories: 313kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 50mg | Sodium: 272mg | Potassium: 233mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 1285IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 2.4mg