SWIRLED PUMPKIN-CREAM CHEESE BARS
From Sunset Magazine. Most pumpkin bars are topped with a cream cheese frosting. These swirl it right into the bar! ETA: I'm still on the hunt for a pumpkin pie like bar. These are more cake like, but very yummy!
Provided by dicentra
Categories Bar Cookie
Time 45m
Yield 24 bars
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar until smooth.
- Beat in 2 eggs, pumpkin, and 1/3 cup water until well blended, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. In another bowl, mix flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and nutmeg; stir or beat into butter mixture until well blended.
- Spread batter evenly in a buttered and floured 10- by 15-inch baking pan.
- In a bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat cream cheese, remaining egg, and remaining 1/4 cup sugar until smooth.
- Drop cream cheese mixture in 24 evenly spaced 1-tablespoon portions over batter.
- Pull a knife tip through filling to swirl slightly into batter.
- Bake in a 350° oven until center of pumpkin batter (not cream cheese mixture) springs back when touched, about 30 minutes.
- Let cool completely in pan, then cut into 24 bars.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 161.4, Fat 6.9, SaturatedFat 4.1, Cholesterol 44.5, Sodium 142, Carbohydrate 22.8, Fiber 0.6, Sugar 15, Protein 2.6
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