Pumpkin Bars

I was searching for a great pumpkin bar recipe, and found one here, at Visions of Sugar Plum.  Her blog has good recipes, and she's pretty funny!  I made this with my own frosting concoction and brought it to work to share on Halloween.  Everyone loved them, and I brought home an empty pan!


2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

 2 teaspoons baking powder
 1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 (16 oz) can pumpkin puree
 4 large eggs

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 15x10x1 jelly roll pan with cooking spray. In a medium mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon. In a large mixing bowl, using a mixer on medium speed, beat together butter, granulated sugar and pumpkin until creamy - about 2 minutes. Beat in eggs until well combined - about 2-3 minutes. Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually beat in flour mixture until just combined. Scrape and smooth batter into prepared pan. Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out with moist crumbs attached. Cool completely on a wire rack.

The frosting I whipped up included powdered sugar, a little splash of heavy cream, and butter.  A delicious experiment! I created to taste, until it had a light buttercream flavor.