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October 9, 2012

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Bars

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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Bars

Technically, I think these bars are supposed to be a dessert.

But if we’re being honest, I think they taste like pumpkin bread and so I ate them for breakfast.

Also, lunch and dinner, but that’s pretty much a given.  Hello, these are made with pumpkin; and since pumpkin is a fruit, it’s pretty much mandatory that you eat one for all three meals.  🙂

 

I’m not ashamed to rationalize in just about any way I have to in order to eat as many pumpkin baked goods as I want.  Pumpkin is probably my very favorite thing about fall.

Every time I come home from the grocery store, I have another half-dozen cans of pumpkin.  And the Tall Boy just looks at me and says, “Didn’t you just buy pumpkin?”

The answer is yes. Yes, I did.

And I’m unapologetic about it, because I seem to use it in just about everything this time of year. Also, a few years ago, there was an actual pumpkin shortage and so I’ve been stockpiling ever since.

I’m not taking any chances.

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Bars
 
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Ingredients
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 4 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 15-ounce can pumpkin
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
For the cream cheese layer:
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • ½ cup mini chocolate chips
Method
  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. In a large bowl, stir together dry ingredients. Add eggs, pumpkin, and oil; stir until combined. Spread batter into an ungreased 15x10 pan.
  3. Cream together cream cheese and sugar with an electric mixer. Beat in egg and milk. Drizzle over pumpkin layer, using a knife to gently marble the mixtures. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top.
  4. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in wire rack for two hours.
  5. Store bars in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Notes
barely adapted from Better Homes and Gardens Fall Baking, 2012
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If you like pumpkin as much as I do, be sure to check out my other pumpkin posts:

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Pumpkin Spice Creamer

Pumpkin Latte Coffee Cake

Have a great Tuesday!

 

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12 Comments

  1. amy @ fearless homemaker
    amy @ fearless homemaker on October 9, 2012 at 9:25 am

    Yum, I love pumpkin, too, so these are right up my alley! And you *know* they’d be breakfast for me, too! =)
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  2. Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel
    Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel on October 9, 2012 at 10:20 am

    As long as you keep making delicious treats like these bars, I fully endorse stockpiling the pumpkin! Holy yum.
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  3. Back For Seconds
    Back For Seconds on October 9, 2012 at 10:58 am

    I am the same way. It may be dessert, but we all know I’m gonna eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And obviously dessert….because it IS dessert. Duh.
    Looks so moist and yummy!
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  4. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust
    Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust on October 9, 2012 at 9:57 pm

    YUM Ashley! I am obsessed with pumpkin this year! ๐Ÿ™‚ Question: the photos at the end…is that a plugin or did you do it by hand?
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    • Ashley
      Ashley on October 9, 2012 at 10:22 pm

      The pictures of the other pumpkin posts? Ugh, I did it by hand…not sure if it’s worth it or not!?!?

      Reply
  5. Becca @ Crumbs and Chaos
    Becca @ Crumbs and Chaos on October 10, 2012 at 2:53 pm

    YUM!!! I’ll take one for breakfast, lunch and dinner too!! I too have a pumpkin reserve ’cause you just never know when they might run out again ๐Ÿ˜‰
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  6. sally @ sallys baking addiction
    sally @ sallys baking addiction on October 10, 2012 at 3:42 pm

    LOVING the little recipe round up at the bottom girl! I love doing that – it brings older recipes back to life. ๐Ÿ™‚ And these swirly little pumpkin bars – I’m in heaven! I love cream cheese with my pumpkin! Or pumpkin with my cream cheese. And bars are SO much easier to bake than cookies, cakes, and cupcakes. They save my life!
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  7. Winnie
    Winnie on October 10, 2012 at 3:45 pm

    Wonderful looking bars
    They seem to be soooooooooo delicious
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  8. Chris @ Weekly Meal Plan
    Chris @ Weekly Meal Plan on October 11, 2012 at 4:15 am

    These look so good and delicious!! Iโ€™m going to have to give them a try ๐Ÿ™‚

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  9. Chandra@The Plaid and Paisley Kitchen
    Chandra@The Plaid and Paisley Kitchen on October 12, 2012 at 12:39 am

    oooh!! Ashley I want these for breakfast lunch and dinner too!
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  10. Sarah @ Miss CandiQuik
    Sarah @ Miss CandiQuik on November 14, 2012 at 8:11 pm

    I cannot get enough of pumpkin…latte’s, muffins, creamer, cupcakes, breads, whatever – bring it on!
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