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Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

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    24 Servings

Ingredients

For the Bars:
  • 4 tablespoons Unsalted Butter, Softened
  • 3/4 cup Pumpkin
  • 1 3/4 cups Brown Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 3/4 cup Mini Chocolate Chips
For the Frosting :
  • 4 tablespoons Unsalted Butter, Softened
  • 6 ounces Cream Cheese, Softened
  • 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 2 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1/4 cup Mini Chocolate Chips

Directions

For the Blondies:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. In a large mixing bowl beat together the butter, pumpkin, and brown sugar.
  3. Add the egg, salt, vanilla, and baking powder and mix well.
  4. Add flour and mix until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
  5. Spread into a greased 9x13" pan and bake 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center on the bars comes out clean or with moist crumbs. Do not over bake.
  6. Let cool completely before frosting.

For the Frosting:

  1. In a mixing bowl, beat together butter, cream cheese, vanilla, and powdered sugar until smooth and creamy.
  2. Spread over cooled bars and sprinkle with chocolate chips.
  3. Store covered in the refrigerator.
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