Spiced Pumpkin Bars

Ingredients

• all-purpose flour
  1 cup
• whole-Wheat pastry flour
  3/4 cup
• ground cinnamon
  2 tsp
• baking powder
  1 1/2 tsp
• baking soda
  1/2 tsp
• salt
  1/2 tsp
• freshly ground nutmeg
  1/2 tsp
• pitted chopped dates (4 oz.)
  3/4 cup
• buttermilk
  1 cup
• canned unseasoned pumpkin puree
  1/2 cup
• vegetable oil
  1/4 cup
• vanilla extract
  1 tsp
• egg
  1 large
• egg white
  1 large
• packed light brown sugar
  1 cup
• Maple-pecan topping
  1 unit
• shelled or chopped pecans or walnuts (1 oz.)
  1/4 cup
• confectioners’ Sugar
  1 1/4 cups
• vanilla extract
  1 tsp
• to 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
  1/4 unit