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Pumpkin Bars with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting Drizzle

Pumpkin Bars with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting Drizzle 🎃🍁🍰
Prep 15m · Bake 30m · Total 45m · Serves 12–16
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1 cup pumpkin purée
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Maple Cream Cheese Drizzle
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2–3 tbsp milk (to thin)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F / 175°C. Grease and line a 9×13 in (23×33 cm) pan with parchment.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves.
- In another bowl whisk pumpkin, oil, both sugars, eggs, and vanilla until smooth.
- Stir dry ingredients into wet just until combined. Spread batter evenly in the pan.
- Bake 25–30 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.
- Drizzle: Beat cream cheese with maple syrup and vanilla until creamy. Mix in powdered sugar; add milk 1 tbsp at a time until pourable.
- Drizzle over cooled slab. Chill briefly, then cut into bars and serve.
Notes & Tips
- For extra maple punch, add 1/4 tsp maple extract to the drizzle.
- Swap in pumpkin pie spice (2 tsp) in place of the individual spices.
- Bars keep 3–4 days covered in the fridge; freeze (undrizzled) up to 2 months.
Enjoy! وإذا حبيت المزيد من الوصفات، قول لي 💛