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Pumpkin Bars with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

Staci at Random Sweets
These pumpkin bars are warm and delicious, bursting with pumpkin and maple flavors, and a big enough pan to feed a crowd.
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 36
Calories 165 kcal

Equipment

  • 15x10 jelly roll pan

Ingredients
  

Pumpkin Bars

  • 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1½ cups dark brown sugar
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened , 12 tablespoons
  • 1½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 cup pure pumpkin puree, NOT pumpkin pie mix

Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened to room temperature
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
  • 2⅓ cups powdered confectioners sugar
  • 2 teaspoons maple flavoring
  • sprinkle of ground cinnamon for topping

Instructions
 

Pumpkin Bars

  • Heat oven to 350°F. Grease a 15x10 jelly roll pan.
  • In medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon pumpkin pie spice and salt.
  • In a separate large bowl beat sugar, butter and vanilla extract. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in pumpkin.
  • Gradually beat in flour mixture. Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan.

Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

  • Beat softened cream cheese, 3 Tablespoons butter, and powdered sugar with an electric hand mixer or stand mixer until smooth. Add flavoring. Add a little more powdered sugar if you want it thicker. Spread on completely cooled bars. Lightly sprinkle with cinnamon.

Nutrition

Calories: 165kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 28mgSodium: 103mgPotassium: 49mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 1305IUVitamin C: 0.3mgCalcium: 37mgIron: 1mg
Keyword maple, pumpkin

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