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I just couldn't wait any longer. I say it's officially time for a Fall inspired post. I love all the flavors of Fall. The aromatic spices, the caramel apples, the pumpkin pie and the fresh off the cob corn. One of my favorite Fall flavors is pumpkin. It's natural sweetness and moisture along with it's power packed nutrition makes it a perfect choice for countless dishes and desserts.  I created this recipe to be a thicker bar than my banana bars because I received several comments of people saying they'd like a thicker bar. These are basically the same thickness of cake, so you can call it pumpkin cake if you'd like. I chose to make this a bit lower fat than your average pumpkin bar by using half butter and half applesauce (rather than all butter or  oil). You would never know it is halfway healthy =). I love when I can turn a Superfood into a dessert (if you top them with walnuts you can get two Superfoods between the pumpkin and walnuts). Try these bars...

Peach cobbler meet sugar cookies meets crumb cake to create one delicious Peach Crumb Bar. These summer inspired dessert bars are loaded with fresh, sweetly spiced, juicy peaches and will quickly remind you of your favorite peach cobbler. Their texture is soft yet crumbly, moist (thanks to all the juice from the peaches) and slightly cake-y. I would highly recommend eating them warm because it's like peach pie or cobbler, it's just not near as good cold. These are excellent when paired with a scoop of vanilla ice cream but they are also amazing all on their own. Enjoy! Oh, and you're going to want that corner piece =), it's my favorite. Peach Crumb Bars Yields about 24 bars Ingredients: 4 1/2 cups peaches, peeled, pitted and diced (about 8 small peaches, use firm but ripe) 1 3/4 cup granulated sugar, divided 3 1/2 Tbsp cornstarch 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1/4 tsp ginger 2 Tbsp orange juice 1 tsp orange zest (optional) 3 cups all-purpo...

Any day is a good day for apple pie, right? To me apple pie isn't just a Fall and Thanksgiving dessert, I want apple pie all through out the year. Why have such a good thing only once a year? Also, why stick with an ordinary pie? I love turning things into bar form. These are everything you get in an apple pie but in perfect, hand hold-able, individual bars. These are one of my favorite things I've blogged yet. I'm so excited with how well they turned out. Sometimes the things I make for this blog can only be titled as an experiment (an obviously I don't post them, in case you were wondering) because they end result doesn't turn out how I want it to. These however, are something to brag about =). Just like a regular apple pie these do require a bit a work but I'm telling you it is so worth it! You can serve these warm with vanilla ice cream or allow them to cool almost entirely and drizzle them with the creamy vanilla glaze (it will remind you of a toaster s...