Maple Frosted Pumpkin Bars Recipes

FROSTED PUMPKIN BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a jelly roll pan.
• Beat pumpkin, white sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs together in a large mixing bowl. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt in a sifter; sift into the pumpkin mixture and mix well; pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until center springs back when lightly touched, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool completely before frosting.
• Beat cream cheese and butter together in a bowl until smooth; add vanilla extract and beat. Gradually beat confectioners' sugar into the frosting, adding in small amounts and assuring each batch is incorporated before introducing the next. Spread over the pumpkin bars.

MAPLE FROSTED PUMPKIN BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease 15x10-inch jelly-roll pan.
• Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in medium bowl.
• Beat sugar, butter and vanilla in large mixer bowl.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
• Beat in pumpkin.
• Gradually beat in flour mixture.
• Spread into prepared pan.
• Bake 20-25 minutes or until cake tester pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool completely in pan.
• Spread with Maple Icing.
• Cut into bars.
• FROSTING: Thoroughly cream butter and sugar, adding maple syrup beat until light and spreadable.
• Frost and cut into squares.
• Garnish with chopped pecan if desired.