Pumpkin Ginger Bars with a Maple Glaze

Ingredients:

1/2 c. butter, room temperature
3/4 c. brown sugar
3/4 c. canned pumpkin
2 tsp. minced fresh ginger
2 Tbs. maple syrup
1/2 tsp. maple extract
1 c. flour
1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. maple extract
1 Tbs. maple syrup
2-3 Tbs. milk, 1%

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8 inch baking pan with non stick cooking spray. Cream the butter and sugar in an electric mixer until smooth. Add the pumpkin, ginger, maple syrup and maple flavor and mix until combined. Sift the dry ingredients together (flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt) and mix slowly into the wet batter. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 25-27 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean in the center. Cool on a wire rack. Combine the powdered sugar, maple extract and syrup, and the milk together and drizzle over the bars either before or after cutting into 12 squares.