Comments on: Canned Pumpkin: A Love Story

By: amy

amy — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 03:01:09 +0000

These are more on the cakey side. Anytime you use pumpkin in a recipe, it will make it more cakey than chewy.

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 02:28:56 +0000

I made these today and they didnt turn out like I expected. They turned out more cake like than bar like. They were good I was just wondering what I did wrong.

By: amy

amy — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:09:59 +0000

I’m so glad everyone liked them! Let me know if you do get around to trying them with the canned pumpkin!!

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:07:11 +0000

Thanks for the answer! I’ll try again when I have canned pumpkin because the taste was great and the texture in the picture looks absolutely perfect. I just took them to a birthday party and everyone loved them!

By: amy

amy — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:37:55 +0000

Erin- Hmm, that’s interesting. It’s definitely a possibility that your homemade pumpkin could be the difference. If your pumpkin puree was thinner than the canned kind, it could very well have caused the cakey texture. Other than that, I’m not sure what else it could be…Sorry about that!

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:27:58 +0000

I made these today and the taste was great! But mine came out as cake, and not as deliciously gooey looking blondies like yours. I couldn’t even call them cake-like brownies. It was cake. They look like the blondies on the Annie Eats page! What did you do to make yours fudgy? Could it be because I used white sugar and not brown sugar? I know I didn’t overbeat, my butter was the right temperature, and I followed the directions exactly. Could it be because I used homemade pumpkin puree? I don’t have access to canned pumpkin here. I even took them out 10 minutes early. I’d love to know what you did because the taste was great Thanks for the recipe!

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:05:42 +0000

I’ve never been brave enough to make anything sweet with pumpkin, but I guess that’s because I didn’t grow up amongst pumpkin pies and halloween etc. I’m not even sure I’d be able to find canned pumpkin in Australia! Maybe it’s worth trying to hunt down because I always hear how awesome sweets made with pumpkin are.

By: Cyndi

Cyndi — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:50:36 +0000

Amy, what size can of pumpkin? I can get two sizes – one is 14 or 15 oz, and the other is about 28.

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:59:44 +0000

Those look like pumpkin PERFECTION! YUM!!!!

By: Amy B

Amy B — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:40:39 +0000

Oh Amy! These look YUMMMMMMY! I’m trying to gain control of my horrible sweet tooth….your blog isn’t helping! HA! Maybe I’ll make these for somebody, eat one and give the rest away. That might be hard though b/c these look SO GOOD!