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Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Rest Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Servings 20 Pieces

Ingredients

Pumpkin Bars

  • 2 cups sugar white granulated
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 can pumpkin purée
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp baking powder

Pumpkin Bar Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 1 package cream cheese room temp
  • 4 oz. butter (1 stick) at room temp
  • 1 lb powdered sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Spray jelly roll pan with cooking spray
  • Mix all pumpkin bar ingredients together
  • Pour pumpkin bar mixture into greased pan
  • Bake bars at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes in jelly roll pan until a toothpick comes out of the bars in the middle clean
  • Prepare the cream cheese frosting: In a new bowl mix cream cheese, butter, vanilla and powered sugar together until all lumps are gone and the frosting is creamy
  • Allow the pumpkin bars to cool for one hour or more at room temperature. Once cooled top with frosting