Pumpkin Blondies- Gluten Free & Vegan
Servings: 16
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup allowed butter vegan butter, coconut oil, palm shortening
- 1 cup palm sugar or brown sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon Nu Naturals Pure White Stevia Powder or 1/4 cup additional sugar
- 1 cup pumpkin puree fresh is best!
- 3 teaspoons chia meal gelled in 1/3 cup hot water or 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon guar gum or xanthan gum
- 3/4 cup brown rice flour
- 1/2 cup tapioca flour
- 1/4 cup millet flour or potato starch
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips or more! to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F and grease a 9 x 13 inch pan.
- In the bowl of a mixer, beat the butter and sugar until creamy.
- Beat in pumpkin, vanilla, and chia egg.
- With the mixer still running, sprinkle in the the baking soda, guar gum, and sea salt.Continue with the flours.
- Mix in the chocolate chips.
- Spread into prepared pan and bake about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Notes
If you don't want a gluten-free bar, you could substitute 1 3/4 cups flour in place of the gum, rice flour, tapioca flour, millet flour, and potato starch.A gluten free all-purpose flour can be use although the flavor will change, and some all-purpose mixes do not do well with no eggs.