Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

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Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

These pumpkin bars are made with pumpkin puree and fall spices, then topped with cream cheese frosting. Easy to make and the perfect dessert for fall!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Total Time 40

Servings Bars

Calories 71kcal

Author Liz Della Croce

Ingredients

2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground ginger
⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon sea salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
⅓ cup coconut oil melted
2 eggs
2 egg whites
15 ounces pure pumpkin from can
1 large carrot shredded

Cream Cheese Topping:

4 ounces light cream cheese
¼ cup sugar
1 tablespoon milk

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Instructions

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 15 x 10 jelly roll pan with non-stick butter spray.
In a small bowl, wisk together flour, spices, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
In a large bowl, beat together sugar and butter substitute with an electric mixer on high until crumbly.
With mixer on medium, slowly add eggs one at a time.
Continue mixing and add pumpkin and carrots.
Add flour mixture to the wet mixture until well combined.
Pour into jelly roll pan.
In a small bowl, wisk together cream cheese, sugar and milk until smooth.
Drop teaspoon-fulls of topping over pumpkin batter and swirl and cut mixture into batter with a butter knife.
Bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool in pan completely on wire rack before cutting into squares.

Notes

Modified from Fit Sugar

Nutrition