Pumpkin Bars
Pumpkin Bars - Light and fluffy pumpkin bars with all those delicious fall spices. Topped with homemade cream cheese frosting for a delicious pumpkin dessert!
Servings: 30
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- 15 oz canned pumpkin
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 4 Tablespoons butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3-4 cups powdered sugar
- 1-2 Tablespoons milk use if frosting is too thick
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper or grease well. Set aside
- In a large bowl mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves.
- In a separate bowl mix together oil, eggs, and pumpkin until well blended.
- Add pumpkin mixture to the flour mixture and mix until well combined. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 25 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.
- Let the bars cool completely before frosting
To make frosting
- Beat butter and cream cheese together until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and sugar, beat until creamy. If frosting is too thick add milk to make it easy to spread.
- Once bars are completely cool, spread with frosting. Cut into squares to serve.
Notes
You can substitute 1 Tablespoon pumpkin pie spice for all the spices
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 374kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 172mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 55g
