Pumpkin Cookie Bars Recipes

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until well blended. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to pumpkin mixture and mix well. Pour into an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until set. Cool completely. , For icing, beat the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, butter and vanilla in a small bowl. Add enough milk to achieve spreading consistency. Spread icing over bars. Store in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, beat butter, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Add pumpkin, flour and pumpkin pie spice; beat until blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Press dough in pan with greased hands.
• Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 1 hour.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave frosting uncovered on High 15 to 30 seconds, stirring once, until melted and smooth. With fork, drizzle frosting over bars. Let stand until set, about 10 minutes. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 9 x 13-inch pans.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon and set aside. In a separate bowl, mix the pumpkin, vegetable oil, eggs, and sugar. Add the flour mixture and stir just until combined. Mix in the walnuts.
• Spread the batter into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool on wire rack and frost bars with Cream Cheese Frosting.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Generously spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• Place cookie mix in large bowl. Using pastry blender or fork, cut in butter and 4 oz cream cheese until mixture is crumbly (crumbs should be about pea-sized). Reserve 1 cup cookie mixture for Topping; set aside. Firmly press remaining cookie mixture evenly into bottom of pan.
• In small bowl, stir together 4 oz cream cheese, the sugar, pumpkin and flour. Stir in pumpkin pie spice until smooth. Spread over Cookie Base in pan. Sprinkle with reserved crumbs for Topping.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool completely in pan, about 30 minutes. Run metal spatula around edge to loosen. Cut into 4 rows by 3 rows.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line 13x9-inch pan with foil, leaving foil overhanging at 2 opposite sides of pan; spray with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, mix cookie mix, softened butter, egg, dry pudding mix and pumpkin pie spice with spoon or hands until dough forms. Press dough in bottom of pan.
• Bake 16 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 1 hour.
• Remove bars from pan by lifting foil; peel foil away. Cut into 27 triangles as follows: Cut 3 horizontal rows. Cut each row into 9 triangles so each triangle has a 2-inch wide base. (See diagram below.) Set aside end pieces for snacking.
• In small microwavable bowl, place 1 1/4 cups frosting. Stir in orange food color and 1/4 teaspoon of the cocoa until blended. Spoon 1/2 cup orange-tinted frosting into decorating bag fitted with small round piping tip. Pipe a border on outside edge of each triangle. Let stand 15 minutes to set border.
• Microwave remaining orange-tinted frosting uncovered on High 10 to 30 seconds or until thin enough to pour and spread (also known as flooding). Place about 1 teaspoon warmed frosting in center of each triangle. Using back of measuring teaspoon, carefully push and spread to glaze top of bar. Repeat with each triangle. Rewarm frosting in microwave to maintain glazing consistency if needed. Let stand 10 minutes to set glaze.
• In another small bowl, place 3/4 cup frosting; stir in remaining 3/4 teaspoon cocoa. Spoon cocoa frosting into another decorating bag fitted with small star piping tip. Pipe 5 to 6 small stars at short edge of each triangle.
• Clean same star piping tip used in above step, and place into another decorating bag. Spoon remaining 1/3 cup vanilla frosting into decorating bag. Pipe small rosette in center of each bar. (Use photo as guide.)
• Store covered in single layer in airtight container at room temperature.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat a 9x11-inch pan with cooking spray.
• Combine pumpkin puree, brown sugar, and eggs in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
• Mix together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in a separate bowl. Slowly add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture until combined. Stir in oats and raisins. Spread batter evenly in the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a fork inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Allow to cool completely, then slice into 20 bars.