Chai Pumpkin Bars

Tonight as I prepare to teach another health workshop, the smell of fresh chai tea inspires me to bake a fall treat. What better way to introduce people to real food than through delicious, heart-warming baked goods. These events are a treasure where like-minded folks come to share our experiences on this natural living journey.  Connecting our communities with local farmers, artisans, and one another, these events facilitate an encouraging space, where we gain wisdom, insight, and strength to continue forward healing through our food and shifting the industrial food model to a sustainable one for future generations.

Sharing nutrient-dense snacks and dishes at these workshops is delightful. It enables others to see that eating healthy can be delicious, frugal, and not overly time-consuming. Plus it motivates me to find a new, seasonal recipe to try out. This particular recipe calls for a couple of ingredients you can make yourself and save some money – pureed pumpkin, almond flour and powdered sugar. Pureed pumpkin is easy to do in a blender – just add cooked pumpkin with a touch of liquid. Almond flour is also a snap – I use blanched sliced almonds in the Blentec on the “Grind Grain” setting. I used evaporated cane juice for the powdered sugar, though you can also use sucanat or rapadura. I put a little over 2 cups of sugar in the Blendtec on “Grind Grain” and it makes about 4 cups of powdered sugar.

A note on ingredients: be sure to source your eggs from a local non-GMO farmer, use grassfed butter or coconut oil, use only organic ingredients to avoid unnecessary chemicals, cancer-causing glyphosate, and other insecticides that cause so many “modern” dis-eases. Using sprouted grains or fermented (like sourdough) ensures maximum digestibility as well as the break down of anti-nutrients in the grains that block mineral absorption. Baking with coconut sugar or sucanat brings the glycemic index way down while adding trace minerals and not draining the immune system of energy and nutrients like white chemicalized sugar.

**Caution** Working with real, whole, organic ingredients will cause great joy and connection back to creation — proceed with care. 

PXL_20240910_005041480~3

Chai Pumpkin Bars

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups sprouted flour
  • 1 1/2 cups almond flour/coconut flour mix
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 2.5 TB pumpkin spice
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 3 cup palm sugar
  • 1/2 cup sucanat
  • 1/4 cup buttermilk, milk kefir, or yogurt
  • 3 cups pumpkin puree
  • 2 eggs
  • 10 drops of vanilla stevia
Icing:
  • 1 cup organic powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp milk
  • 1 Tb melted butter
Method:
  1. Blend butter and sugars until well combined.
  2. Add eggs, pumpkin.
  3. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix it well.
  4. Bake in the pre-heated 375 oven in a greased pan for about 30-40 minutes. *Optional to bake these in muffin pans instead.
  5. While the cookies are baking, you can make the frosting – melt the butter in a saucepan over the stove (please don’t use a microwave!).
  6. Next, add the butter and milk to the powdered sugar and stir slowly until combined well.
  7. Drizzle onto the bars once they’re cooled. Enjoy with a cup of hot tea and some good friends.
t I m g r h . I e g . I d t g o r h d , d e r s n s l g . s h y n m , e d o t n t , e e n , , d e o o t e e t o d h e , s e d . g y s d s t e s s . t s s e t g y n e , , d t y . s t s e o d a , l e o y . s r e s r a e f s u n e f d e e y – d , d , d , d d . d n s y o o n a r – t d a e t f k r r n e . d r s o a p – I e d d s n e c n e d ” . l e o o a l n d , t t s o h r o e r n t 0 a b s d o 6 a . I d d e e r e d , h u n o u t r . I t a e r 2 s f r n e c n d ” d t s t 4 s f d I l e g e t f t d r r a n . e . t e n o s , o e t i n t n o 0 5 s d 1 2 s d 2 p g 1 p g 6 p 1 p 2 p 1 p 1 p , 1 2 p m 2 s 3 s n 2 1 r f a 2 s d 3 b 1 p 8 p f : , , , d 1 b d d r d s l l d , . x d e t f e s d x t e n e n n a e t r 7 e e s e , u n e e g – t e r n a n r e e e t e a d s o d r d x m n d e r d k o e d r d r y l d e a e g r h e e e . y h a p f t a d e d .

 

t I m g r h . I e g . I d t g o r h d , d e r s n s l g . s h y n m , e d o t n t , e e n , , d e o o t e e t o d h e , s e d . g y s d s t e s s . t s s e t g y n e , , d t y . s t s e o d a , l e o y . s r e s r a e f s u n e f d e e y – d , d , d , d d . d n s y o o n a r – t d a e t f k r r n e . d r s o a p – I e d d s n e c n e d ” . l e o o a l n d , t t s o h r o e r n t 0 a b s d o 6 a . I d d e e r e d , h u n o u t r . I t a e r 2 s f r n e c n d ” d t s t 4 s f d I l e g e t f t d r r a n . e . t e n o s , o e t i n t n o 0 5 s d 1 2 s d 2 p g 1 p g 6 p 1 p 2 p 1 p 1 p , 1 2 p m 2 s 3 s n 2 1 r f a 2 s d 3 b 1 p 8 p f : , , , d 1 b d d r d s l l d , . x d e t f e s d x t e n e n n a e t r 7 e e s e , u n e e g – t e r n a n r e e e t e a d s o d r d x m n d e r d k o e d r d r y l d e a e g r h e e e . y h a p f t a d e d r e g s k t h , d e y e t I m g r h . I e g . I d t g o r h d , d e r s n s l g . s h y n m , e d o t n t , e e n , , d e o o t e e t o d h e , s e d . g y s d s t e s s . t s s e t g y n e , , d t y . s t s e o d a , l e o y . s r e s r a e f s u n e f d e e y – d , d , d , d d . d n s y o o n a r – t d a e t f k r r n e . d r s o a p – I e d d s n e c n e d ” . l e o o a l n d , t t s o h r o e r n t 0 a b s d o 6 a . I d d e e r e d , h u n o u t r . I t a e r 2 s f r n e c n d ” d t s t 4 s f d I l e g e t f t d r r a n . e . t e n o s , o e t i n t n o 0 5 s d 1 2 s d 2 p g 1 p g 6 p 1 p 2 p 1 p 1 p , 1 2 p m 2 s 3 s n 2 1 r f a 2 s d 3 b 1 p 8 p f : , , , d 1 b d d r d s l l d , . x d e t f e s d x t e n e n n a e t r 7 e e s e , u n e e g – t e r n a n r e e e t e a d s o d r d x m n d e r d k o e d r d r y l d e a e g r h e e e . y h a p f t a d e d .

Categories

←
→

3 responses to “Chai Pumpkin Bars”

  2. Hello, could you tell me how much sugar is equivelant to 1 dropper of stevia? It’s unfortunately not an item I carry yet. Thank you!

    Reply

Leave a comment