Pumpkin Chocolate-Chip Squares

modified from ppk

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 24 squares

Ingredients

• 2  cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1  tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 2⁄3 cup applesauce
• 1⁄4 cup vanilla-flavored soymilk
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1  tablespoon stevia
• 1  tablespoon flax seed meal
• 3  tablespoons water
• 2  teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1  cup canned pumpkin
• 1 (12 ounce) package  semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Line pan with foil leaving an overhang on all sides.
3. Wisk together flour, pie spice, baking soda and salt (save for later).
4. Mix applesauce and sugar, then add vanilla, water and flax meal. Add pumpkin, then mix in flour mixture. Add chips.
5. Spread evenly in lined pan. Bake untill edges pull away from sides (35-40 mn) and it is clean knifed.
6. Cool completely and lift from pan using foil overhang. Cut and serve!