Cranberry Bog Pumpking Bars

• CRUST: 1 1/2 sticks of unsalted butter
• 1 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour
• 1/2 of whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup of packed dark brown surgar
• 1/3 cup of black walnuts
• 1/2 teaspoons of salt
• FILLING: 1 1/4 cups of plain canned pumpkin
• 1/2 cup of sour cream
• 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon of freshley grated nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon of ground ginger
• Pinch of cayenne pepper (approximately 1/16 teaspoon)
• 1/3 cup of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of powdered unflavoured gelatine
• 1 cup of water
• 1 vanilla bean
• 1 (16oz) can of whole cranberry sauce

1. 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Cut butter in pieces. In a food process, process all ingredients for the crust until mixture begins to form small lumps. Empty mixture into a 13 by 9 by 2-inch baking pan then with a metal spoon press dough evenly into bottom. Bake in middle of oven until golden, about 20 minutes. Cool completely before filling.
3. 2. Mix together pumpkin,sour cream and spices in a medium bowl until evenly a light pumpkin color. In a seperate bowl, combine sugar and gelantine. Place water in a small saucepan. Split open vanilla bean and scrape with a knife then, add bean and all to water. Bring to a boil stirring constently . Empty into sugar-gelantine bowl and stir until gelantine is disolved. After five minutes, remove vanilla pod and add to pumpkin bowl. Stir until well combined and no white lumps remain. You may use a hand mixer on low speed. Place in refrigerator for fifteen minutes.
4. 3. Pour chilled filling over cooled bottom crust and evenly spread. Float (like in a bog!) teaspoonful amounts of whole cranberry sauce over top of filling in a random pattern.
5. Place in refrigerator for at least 3 hours. Preferably over night.
6. 4. Before cutting, run a knife around inside edge of pan to loosen filling. Make 12 bars or 24 squares.

butter, flour, whole wheat flour, brown surgar, black walnuts, salt, pumpkin, sour cream, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ground ginger, cayenne pepper, sugar, gelatine, water, vanilla bean, cranberry sauce

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/cranberry-bog-pumpking-bars-1213301 (may not work)