{"id":5555,"date":"2026-02-15T18:47:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:47:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:47:31","slug":"pumpkin-bars-fruit-sweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/pumpkin-bars-fruit-sweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Bars Fruit Sweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1\/2 C. butter<br \/>\n1\/2 C. Fruit Sweet (made of peach juices and pineapple syrup, available at orchards)<br \/>\n1\/2 C. mashed banana (1 medium)<br \/>\n1 egg<br \/>\n1\/2 C. canned pumpkin, not pie filling<br \/>\n2 tsp. vanilla<br \/>\n1-1\/2 C. flour<br \/>\n1 tsp. baking soda<br \/>\n1 tsp. allspice<br \/>\n1 tsp. cinnamon<br \/>\n1 tsp. ginger<br \/>\n1\/2 C. raisins<br \/>\n1\/2 C. chopped nuts<br \/>\nTopping:<br \/>\n3 Tbsp. orange juice concentrate<br \/>\n3 Tbsp. Fruit Sweet<br \/>\n2 tsp. orange rind<br \/>\n1 tsp. vanilla<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 9 by 13-inch pan with pan spray. Combine butter,  Fruit Sweet, and banana. Beat in egg, pumpkin, and vanilla. Combine flour, soda,  allspice, cinnamon, and ginger. Stir into pumpkin mixture. Add raisins and nuts. Spread  into pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes until firm in center. Make topping by combining orange  juice concentrate, Fruit Sweet, orange rind, and vanilla. Spread over warm bars.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;But He answered and said, &quot;It is written, &#039;MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.&#039;&quot; (Matthew 4:4)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diabetic<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/pumpkin-bars-fruit-sweet\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diabetic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}