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Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 10/02/18Updated: 1/20/23

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Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pumpkin Bars are a delicious fall dessert. This pumpkin bar recipe makes a nice moist pumpkin cake topped with a rich, cream cheese frosting.

Pumpkin Bars Cream Cheese Frosting and pecans

Today’s recipe for Pumpkin Bars comes from my friend Sherra.  This is one of their family’s  favorite holiday recipes. One year she made 20 batches of pumpkin bars for her kid’s school.  It was so popular, she printed off the recipe and left it in the school office for all the mom’s who kept asking for the recipe!

Pumpkin Bars

A few weeks ago we hosted a get together at our house for the new families in our church congregation.  I needed a treat that I could make stretch as I had no idea how many people were coming. These pumpkin bars are made in a large 12 x 17 inch jelly roll pan and I knew I could cut them into whatever size I needed depending on how many people showed up!

pumpkin bar sheet cake with slice missing


The cake is made with a yummy combination of fall flavors – cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger so it is the perfect treat for this time of year.  For me, the cream cheese frosting is the best part, just slather it on!!

Frosting pumpkin bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

I like to sprinkle them with some pecans because it dresses them up a bit and makes them prettier.  Just cut the bars into any size you like – depending on how many you are feeding.

Piece of a pumpkin bar on a plate

Because of the cream cheese in the frosting be sure and keep the leftovers in the refrigerator – if you have any leftovers!

Pumpkin Bar frosted with cream cheese and pecans

Some of my other favorite pumpkin recipes:

  • Pumpkin Pie Cake
  • Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream
  • Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Pumpkin Cookies with Maple Frosting
  • Small Batch Pumpkin Bars

Some of my favorite kitchen tools I use to make Pumpkin Bars:

SHEET PAN – I have at least six of these in my kitchen.  I use them everyday. The 13 x 18 size is perfect and I use them for everything!

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Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pumpkin Bars

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Delicious pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting.  Perfect for feeding a crowd!
serves: 24 servings
Prep:10 minutes
Cook:30 minutes
Total:40 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 2 C sugar
  • 1 C oil
  • 1 can pumpkin 15 oz.
  • 2 C flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp cloves
  • 1/2 tsp dried ginger
  • 1/2 nutmeg
  • 2 tsp cinnamon

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 8 oz. cream cheese softened
  • 3/4 stick of butter softened
  • 1 Tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 4 C powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Mix together oil, eggs, sugar and pumpkin.
  • Add in flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices.
  • Pour into a greased 12 x 17 jelly roll pan
  • Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • Mix together cream cheese, vanilla, butter, milk, powdered sugar until smooth
  • Frost cooled cake with mixture

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 308kcal (15%) Carbohydrates: 45g (15%) Protein: 3g (6%) Fat: 13g (20%) Saturated Fat: 3g (19%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g Monounsaturated Fat: 7g Trans Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 38mg (13%) Sodium: 136mg (6%) Potassium: 72mg (2%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 37g (41%) Vitamin A: 175IU (4%) Vitamin C: 1mg (1%) Calcium: 32mg (3%) Iron: 1mg (6%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Dessert
Cuisine:American
Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
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  1. tiffany says

    Posted on 1/26 at 6:35 pm

    I made these tonight, they were good but are they supposed to be “cake like”? Wondering if mine didn’t turn out right?..

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    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 1/27 at 7:29 am

      They are more cake like

      Reply
  2. HungryLittleGirl says

    Posted on 11/12 at 11:01 am

    They look perfect! Wish I could have a bite right now!
    Thank you so much for sharing this at Wednesday Extravaganza! Hope to see you there this week too 🙂

    Reply
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