Frosted Pumpkin Sugar Cookie Bars Recipe
These frosted pumpkin sugar cookie bars are a chewy, dense sugar bar with delicious pumpkin flavor topped with cream cheese frosting.
Serving48 bars
Ingredients
Pumpkin Sugar Cookie Bars
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 5 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 3 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese, 1 package, softened
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- 4 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Cookie Bar Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 ℉.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each egg.
- Mix in vanilla and pumpkin.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon.
- Add wet mixture to dry ingredients and mix until combined.
- Spread batter into a rimmed baking sheet (18 x 1 x 1 inch) sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes, or until bars are light golden brown and an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let cool.
Frosting Instructions
- Cream butter and cream cheese together, then add vanilla, milk and powdered sugar.
- If you want the frosting to be thicker, add more powdered sugar. If you want it to be thinner, add more milk.
- Spread frosting on top of cooled bars, cut into bars and serve.
Notes
You can serve them warm or cold. Store in air tight container in fridge or consider freezing them. Cut into single serving sizes before freezing and you can grab one from the freezer when you need to treat yourself.
Nutrition
Calories: 189 kcal · Carbohydrates: 30 g · Protein: 2 g · Fat: 7 g · Saturated Fat: 4 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 2 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 32 mg · Sodium: 140 mg · Potassium: 51 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 19 g · Vitamin A: 1019 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 20 mg · Iron: 1 mg