Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bars
These pumpkin cream cheese bars are just right for this Fall season. They are moist, lightly spiced, and have just the right amount of sweetness. No need for frosting ... just cool, cut and serve!
Ingredients
| For filling: | ||
| Cream cheese | 8 Ounce | |
| Sugar | 1/4 Cup (4 tbs) | |
| Egg | 1 | |
| For batter: | ||
| Solid pack pumpkin | 16 Ounce (((1 can))) | |
| Sugar | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Egg | 1 | |
| Vegetable oil | 1/3 Cup (5.33 tbs) | |
| All purpose flour | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Pumpkin pie spice | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Baking powder | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Baking soda | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Chopped pecan | 1/2 Cup (8 tbs) |
Directions
GETTING READY:
1.Preheat oven to 375°
2.Spray a 9x13" baking pan with PAM or Baker's Joy. Set aside.
MAKING:
3.For filling, whisk together softened cream cheese, sugar and egg. Mix with a hand mixer until well-blended and smooth. Set aside.
4.For batter, combine pumpkin, sugar, egg and oil in medium mixing bowl. Mix well.
5.Stir in flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, & salt. Mix well to combine.
6.Pour batter into prepared baking dish, and spread to cover bottom of pan.
7.Drizzle the cream cheese mixture over the batter. Cut through the batter with a knife or spatula, to make a marbled effect w/ the cream cheese mixture. Do this a second time, going in the opposite direction [i.e., if you go side to side the first time, go up and down the second time]. When doing the marbling, be cautious and don't let your knife drag or touch the bottom of the baking dish.
8.Sprinkle with the chopped pecans.
9.Bake 25 - 28 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
10.Cool the entire pan of bars, then cut into squares.
SERVING:
11.Serve and enjoy!
NOTES:
If you don't have pumpkin pie spice, mix together 1 tsp. ground cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg and 1/4 tsp. ground ginger.
Recipe Summary
