Inside you’ll find: The bestest ever pumpkin bar recipe with the perfect cream cheese frosting.
Can I admit to the world that I’ve never had a pumpkin spice latte?
Horror, right? And since we’re confessing, I haven’t had any kind of latte ever. Eek!
But that’s not to say I haven’t had my fair share of pumpkin obsessions.
These pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting have been my favorite since my mom got this recipe from a church friend when I was a child.
And now I’m sharing them with you! You’re welcome.
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Ingredients:
For the Bars:
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4 eggs
2 c sugar
2 c pureed pumpkin
3/4 c butter, melted
2 c flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 pumpkin pie spice
For Frosting:
4 oz cream cheese, softened
3/4 stick of butter, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tablespoon of heavy cream
3 c powdered sugar
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 325*. Mix eggs, sugar, pumpkin and butter together. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and pie spice. Add to batter. Pour into a greased Jelly Roll Pan
. Bake for 25 minutes
For the frosting combine all frosting ingredients with an electric mixer until all lumps are gone. Spread frosting on cooled bars.
- For the Bars:
- 4 eggs
- 2 c sugar
- 2 c pureed pumpkin
- ¾ c butter, melted
- 2 c flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ¼ tsp. cinnamon
- ¼ pumpkin pie spice
- For Frosting:
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- ¾ stick of butter, softened
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 tablespoon of heavy cream
- 3 c powdered sugar
- Preheat the oven to 325*. Mix eggs, sugar, pumpkin and butter together. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and pie spice. Add to batter. Pour into a greased jelly roll pan. Bake for 25 minutes
- For the frosting combine all frosting ingredients with an electric mixer until all lumps are gone. Spread frosting on cooled bars.
These are decadently moist, yet so easy to make. The frosting takes it to a whole other level of addictive-ness!
Julie is a frazzled mom of three tornadoes. As a dorky second-generation homeschooler, she writes about learning and play, natural living, special needs parenting and matters of the heart. She serves an astounding God that radically saved her.
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Elissa says
Ohmygoodness, these look wonderful and amazing and make me wanna go bake them right now.