Pumpkin Spice Bars

Moist, cakey pumpkin bars topped with a pumpkin spiced cream cheese frosting.  

 Oh rejoice for fall! I love all things fall, do you?  The crisp, beautifully colored leaves, the chill in the air that makes you welcome a sweatshirt and some fuzzy socks — ahhhhh…. and pumpkin spice.

Yes, in this house we are “those girls.”

It’s even a standing joke, but we don’t care.  We can be those girls a few months out of the year, deal with the stereo type, and comfortably sip our Pumpkin Spice lattes and smile.

When I was flipping through an old cookbook from a church in Lincoln, Nebraska, I found these bars, and KNEW I had to try them.  I had to have SOMETHING new and pumpkin on my blog before October hit, right??   I started getting everything together to whip them up, and when I went to grab the box of Bisquick from my pantry I was almost out.  I wasn’t going to the store, so I decided to make my own! It turned out super good.

Here is the recipe if you want to try it: How To: Make Homemade Bisquick Baking Mix

These pumpkin spice bars make a big jelly roll pan full, enough to share — IF they last that long.

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Pumpkin Spice Bars

Moist, cakey pumpkin bars topped with a pumpkin spiced cream cheese frosting.

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Additional Time1 hour hr

Total Time1 hour hr 40 minutes mins

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Pumpkin Spice Bars

Servings: 16

Calories: 399kcal

Author: Michaela Kenkel

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Ingredients

BARS

• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 15 oz can pumpkin
• 4 eggs beaten
• 2 cups Bisquick baking mix Or your own HOMEMADE BISQUICK
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 cup raisins optional

FROSTING

• 4 ounces cream cheese softened
• 1/3 cup butter softened
• 1 Tablespoon Pumpkin Spice liquid Creamer or milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 3 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a jelly roll pan, set aside. (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1")
• In your mixer beat sugar, pumpkin, oil, and eggs, for one minute. Fold in baking mix, pumpkin spice seasoning and raisins.
• Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool. and Frost.
• Prepare frosting by creaming together cream cheese, margarine, creamer and vanilla. Slowly add in powdered sugar, until frosting is desired consistency. Frost bars, chill and then slice.
• Store bars in the refrigerator.

Notes

I used Pumpkin Spice liquid Coffee creamer in my frosting. I had it on hand, BUT you could use milk in it's place if you don't want to buy it just for the little bit it calls for. 🙂

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 399kcal | Carbohydrates: 61g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 64mg | Sodium: 265mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 50g

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