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    Pumpkin Bars With Cream Cheese Frosting (Video)

    September 29, 2021 By Brandy Leave a Comment

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    Soft pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting are easy to make and so delicious! Moist, all the flavors of fall, and topped with a candy pumpkin. 

    You might also like our frosted banana bread bars, our sugar cookie bars or our chocolate peanut butter cookie bars! 

    pumpkin bars cut into squares with candy pumpkins on top

    Watch our step by step video!

    Our frosted banana bars are so EASY to make and can be made in a 9x13 pan our doubled to fill a sheet pan for a crowd. Our pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting are just as good and just as easy to make! It's basically the same recipe as our banana bars with pumpkin puree and pumpkin spices in place of mashed bananas. You can top the bars with vanilla frosting or cream cheese frosting. Brown butter frosting would be amazing too.

    pumpkin bars cut into squares

    Pumpkin Bars With Cream Cheese Frosting

    Ingredients

    (scroll down for printable recipe)

    • ½ cup sugar
    • ½ cup butter, softened
    • 1 egg
    • ¾ cup pumpkin puree (½ can)
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 cup flour
    • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
    • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
    • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves

    Cream Cheese Frosting

    • ¼ cup melted butter
    • 6 oz. cream cheese, softened
    • 2 cups powdered sugar
    • 2 Tbsp. milk
    • 1 teaspoons vanilla

    cut pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting

    Mix sugar, butter and egg together.
    Add pumpkin and vanilla.
    Add in dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.
    Spread batter in a greased 9×13 baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 22-25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out dry.
    Mix frosting ingredients together and spread over cooled pumpkin bars.

    One pan makes 12 bars and they are just as delicious the second day. 

    hand holding pumpkin bar

    You can easily make a double batch of bars and bake them in a sheet pan. Cooking time is similar. Check for doneness around 22 minutes with a toothpick.

    pumpkin bars on parchment paper

    Pumpkin Bars With Cream Cheese Frosting Printable Recipe

    pumpkin bars on parchment paper

    Pumpkin Bars With Cream Cheese Frosting

    Soft pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting are easy to make and so delicious! Moist, all the flavors of fall, and topped with a candy pumpkin. Easily double the recipe to make a large sheet pan of pumpkin bars! 
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
    Servings: 12 bars
    Calories: 350kcal

    Ingredients

    Pumpkin Bars

    • ½ cup sugar
    • ½ cup butter softened
    • 1 egg
    • ¾ cup pumpkin puree ½ can
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla
    • 1 cup flour
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
    • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
    • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves

    Cream Cheese Frosting

    • 6 oz. cream cheese softened
    • ¼ cup melted butter
    • 2 cups powdered sugar
    • 2 Tbsp. milk
    • 1 teaspoons vanilla

    Instructions

    • Mix sugar, butter and egg together.
    • Add pumpkin and vanilla.
    • Add in dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.
    • Spread batter in a greased 9×13 baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 22-25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out dry.
    • Mix frosting ingredients together and spread over cooled pumpkin bars.

    Notes

    You can easily make a double batch of bars and bake them in a sheet pan. Cooking time is similar. Check for doneness around 22 minutes with a toothpick. 

    Nutrition

    Calories: 350kcal
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    About Brandy

    Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

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