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. She printed off the recipe and left it in the school office for all the mom’s who kept asking for the recipe! It’s that good.
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.
This recipe is made in a large cookie sheet/jelly roll size pan. I knew I could cut them whatever size I needed depending on how many people showed up! And I knew, from Sherra, that they were good. Sherra doesn’t disappoint!!
First mix together the eggs, pumpkin, sugar and oil.
Add in the four, baking soda, baking flour and spices. The recipe uses a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger.
Grease a 12 x 17 jellyroll pan and pour the batter in.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
The cream cheese frosting is the best part I think. Just slather it on!!
Cut the bar into any size you like – depending on how many you are feeding.
Because of the cream cheese in the frosting be sure and keep the leftovers in the refrigerator – if you have any leftovers!
Enjoy!
Leigh Anne
- 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
- 8 oz. cream cheese softened
- 3/4 stick of butter softened
- 1 Tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 4 C powdered sugar
- 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.
- Mix together cream cheese, vanilla, butter, milk, powdered sugar until smooth
- Frost cooled cake with mixture
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Whats the dimensions of your pan?
It is 12 x 17
Sorry, i read it in your recipe but it was too late.
Actually I went in and added it after you asked so you didn’t miss it the first time!
You just made my day. I’m totally trying these. I love pumpkin and ’tis the season! Thank you!!
Lots more pumpkin coming up – stay tuned!!
Third pan of bars is in the fridge right now! Took two pans up to the college girls last weekend. 🙂
I knew you’d be busy making pans full!!
I make the exact same recipe, except I make an orange cream cheese frosting. So delicious and the orange really compliments the pumpkin.
Oh Leigh Anne, those pumpkin bars look heavenly!!!! I have to make those! My family will gobble them up for sure! Thank you for posting this!
Hope you all enjoy them!
mmmm, sounds soo yummy!
Thanks for sharing Sherra and Leigh Anne. I love anything pumpkin. Have you tried Burgerville’s seasonal pumpkin smoothies (or milkshakes)?
DANGER – you may have just created a problem Dawn!!!!Burgerville here I come!!
what can you use in place of a jelly roll pan
A jelly roll pan is just really a big cookie sheet. I would use the biggest cookie sheet with a lip on it that you have.
I can’t wait to try these, because I really love my pumpkin bars. But I love so many of your recipes too so I am looking forward to see which recipe wins 🙂
I want to know what you think and if you like yours better I want your recipe!!
I made these yesterday for a houseful of teens . . . and they disappeared . . . not a crumb left in the pan. Sadly, I had forgotten to snag one for my sweet husband who was at work. Now, I’ll need to make another batch so that he can have a few. 🙂 (Sadly, they are so not on my diet, that I didn’t even taste a sliver, and I LOVE anything pumpkin.) Thankfully, I grabbed 3 tiny “bars” for my younger kids before the teens inhaled them.
Great recipe. I think we’ll try the Pumpkin Chili tomorrow. I’ve made 4 new dinners in the past 2 weeks, just off of 2 blogs. LOVE it!
Laurel
mama of a dozen
So glad they were a hit!! You should definitely make them again for your hubby. Hope you like the chili too – it’s a winner at our house.
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 🙂
I made these tonight, they were good but are they supposed to be “cake like”? Wondering if mine didn’t turn out right?..
They are more cake like