Give me a pumpkin bar and a cup of coffee on a chilly afternoon and I'm a happy camper.
Pumpkin Bars are one of my favorite desserts. Isn't fall just the best time of year for food? I love all the autumn fruits and vegetables; apple pie, apple turnovers, and pumpkin or butternut squash anything!
I made this Autumn Harvest Soup yesterday and it is so good. Whip up these pumpkin bars for dessert and you're set!
With all the parties and events from now until the end of the year, we all need easy dessert recipes, and everyone will love these pumpkin bars. And did you know a cup of canned pumpkin only has 83 calories and 7.1 grams of fiber? It's true!
Doesn't it make you feel a little better knowing there is some nutritional value in this yummy dessert? Take it to that Halloween or Harvest party and watch it disappear! Enjoy!
Decadent Pumpkin Bar with Cream Cheese Frosting
What You Need to Make Pumpkin Bars
Gather your ingredients. For the cake bars, you'll need eggs, sugar, oil, canned pumpkin, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, ground ginger, and ground cloves.
For the frosting, you'll need cream cheese, unsalted butter, vanilla, powdered sugar
and chopped walnuts.
How to Make Pumpkin Bars
Heat oven to 350
In a large bowl, beat eggs, granulated sugar, oil, and pumpkin until smooth.
Stir in flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, ginger, and cloves.
Grease 9 x 13 baking dish with oil or butter and pour batter into the pan.
Bake in the oven for 27 minutes.
How to Make the Frosting
Combine first four ingredients in a large standing mixing bowl until smooth.
Spread frosting over cooled bars, sprinkle with chopped walnuts and cut into squares.
Looking for more pumpkin recipes? Check out these Pumpkin and Apple Spice Cinnabons and these Peanut Butter and Pumpkin Spice Cookies.
You might also want to take a look at this roundup of pumpkin desserts!
Decadent Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- Pumpkin Bar Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 C sugar
- ½ C oil
- ½ can of pumpkin
- 1 C flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ ground cloves
- Frosting Ingredients
- 1 package of cream cheese softened
- ½ C unsalted sweet cream butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup chopped walnuts to top off
Instructions
- Directions for bars:
- Heat oven to 350
- In a large bowl, beat eggs, granulated sugar, oil, and pumpkin until smooth.
- Stir in flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, ginger, and cloves.
- Grease 9 x 13 baking dish with oil or butter and pour batter into the pan.
- Bake in the oven for 27 minutes.
- Directions for Frosting:
- Combine first four ingredients in a large standing mixing bowl until smooth.
- Spread frosting over cooled bars, sprinkle with chopped walnuts and cut into squares.
This post was first seen on Food, Fun & Faraway Places on December 3, 2019, and was updated with additional information on June 22, 2021.
Patricia C. Vacca
What size package of cream cheese? 4 oz? 8oz?
Judy
Nutrition info?
Paula champlin
What size can of pumpkin do you use?
Kelly Stilwell
So sorry, Paula. It's a 15-ounce can.
Carol Kennedy
What size baking dish do you use?
Kelly Stilwell
My word, Carol, I am SO grateful you asked! I can't believe I left that out! 9 x 13, and I've updated the recipe. Thank you!!