Chocolate Pumpkin Pecan Bars

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose Flour
1 tbsp Pumpkin-Pie Spice
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
1 cup (2 sticks) Butter, room temperature
1 1/4 cups Granulated Sugar
1 Egg
2 tsp Vanilla 
1 can Pumpkin
10 oz Package Pecans
1/2 package semisweet Chocolate Chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

2. In a medium bowl, mix together flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt. 

3. In separate bowl, use electric mixer to cream butter and sugar until smooth; beat in egg and vanilla until combined. Stir in pumpkin and mix well. Gradually stir in flour mixture low until  combined. Fold in  pecans and chocolate chips. 

4. Pour into lightly greased 9X13-inch baking pan.  Bake bars for 35-40 minutes. 

5. Cool completely and cut into squares. 

Cookie Bars

I was about to make some Chocolate Chip Cookies when I realized I had some extra ingredients I wanted to use up. So I added them to my dough and make these delicious cookie bars.

Ingredients
3/4 cup Sugar
3/4 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Butter, softened
1 tsp Vanilla
1 Egg
2 1/2 cup Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 Tsp Salt
1/2 Pecans, chopped
1 cup Semisweet Chocolate Chip Morsels
1 cup Butterscotch Morsels

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Mix Sugars, Butter, Vanilla and Egg until well blended.
3. In separate bowl mix Flour, Baking Soda, and Salt.
4. Gradually stir the Flour mixture into the Sugar mixture to form dough.
5. Mix in Pecans, Chocolate Chips and Butterscotch.
6. Press Dough into 13 x 9 baking dish.
7. Bake 15-20 minutes.