Pumpkin Bars frosted with Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting.
I wanted to find a really good Pumpkin Bar Recipe and I think this recipe is great, Although more like a cake, these Pumpkin Bars are fantastic! Most people frost their Pumpkin Bars with a cream cheese frosting but I thought I would do a Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting just because I thought it would add a more warm, autumn flavor to the bars.
Seriously these bars are super easy and are wonderful, if I didn’t give them to my husband to take to work, I don’t want to know how many of those bars would have been eaten by me, I only ate 2:)
Frosted Pumpkin Bars
Ingredients:
4 eggs
1 2/3 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting:
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 Tbsp butter, softened
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
Directions:
- First make the frosting by placing the cream cheese and butter in a bowl and with an electric mixer, cream together until smooth. Add both sugars and mix at low speed until combined. Add the vanilla and mix again. Place frosting the fridge and allow to chill while making the bars.
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Using an electric mixer at medium speed, combine the eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until light and fluffy.
- Stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda.
- Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and mix at low speed until thoroughly combined and the batter is smooth.
- Spread the batter into a greased 13 x 10-inch baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting. Cut into bars. If desired sprinkle the top of the bars with cinnamon or garnish with a walnut.
The Pumpkin Bar recipe is from Paula Deen.
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Mmmm those look so delicious and beautiful. I love how you frosted them with a brown sugar cream cheese frosting. It sounds wonderful!
Pumpkin desserts with cream cheese are such a good combo! I just had some pumpkin bread slathered in cream cheese as my after dessert Thanksgiving snack LOL
That’s what I am talking about Dana!
Thanks Lindsey! They were DELISH:)
Pumpkin cake and cream cheese frosting…yes, these bars look perfect. I love how you sprinkled cinnamon on top of the icing…such a lovely touch! Thank you for sharing! I hope you both have a great weekend.
they look yummy!!!
Those sound so good. I haven’t made pumpkin bars in years. I think you have inspired me.
Beautiful! I love pumpkin so much it hurts sometimes!
That frosting sounds terrific! Brown sugar is so underrated. I could eat it from a spoon.
I had to come see this brown sugar cream cheese! It sounds absolutely fabulous.. and I still have some pumpkin!
These are totally my flavors! I’ll be trying this weekend.
These sounds amazing. Love that you added the brown sugar to the cream cheese frosting, I think it’s a really nice touch.
Mama MIA!! THose look sooo yummy!! Pumpkin is never out of style in my book!!
Yum…That looks fantastic! I love the photos and recipe!:)
I love these bars! I still have a few cans of pumpkin from Thanksgiving. Now I know what I’ll do with some of it. Great recipe!
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