Sugar Hubbard Pumpkin Bars Recipes

PUMPKIN BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Line a 1/2 sheet pan or large jelly roll pan (about 11x17 or 12x18) with parchment paper so that the parchment is only covering the bottom of the pan. Sides should be bare.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon.
• In a separate, large bowl, or bowl of a stand mixer, beat together sugar, eggs, oil, pumpkin and salt.
• Slowly add in flour in two or three additions. Beat until just combined.
• Spread evenly in pan and bake for 20-25 minutes. Remove from the oven as soon as cake springs bake to the touch, or a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Cool completely in pan.
• Measure powdered sugar and sift into a bowl and set aside.
• In a mixing bowl or bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream butter and cream cheese. Beat for 4 minutes on high, scraping down the bowl two or three times.
• Slowly add powdered sugar, 1/4 at a time, beating well in between additions.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Spread over completely cooled cake. Cut into bars and serve.

PUMPKIN BARS

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.

PUMPKIN SPICE SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9 x 13" cake pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil and lightly spray with non-stick baking spray. Set aside.
• For the cookie dough: With a stand or hand mixer, cream together the butter and granulated sugar until creamy and fluffy. Add the eggs, pumpkin puree and vanilla and mix until combined.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice and salt. Gradually add the dry ingredients (about 1 cup at a time) to the wet ingredients, stopping the mixer to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Dough will be thick, like a brownie batter.
• Using a rubber scraper, press the dough evenly into the prepared pan. Bake at 350 for 19-21 minutes until just golden brown. Do your best not to overcook, as the bars will become hard and overly dry if baked too long. (20 minutes seems to be the ideal time.) Remove from oven and let cool completely before frosting.
• For the Frosting: With a hand or stand mixer, cream the room temperature butter an cream cheese along with the vanilla. Gradually begin adding the powdered sugar one cup at a time, stopping the mixer to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Gradually add in the cinnamon as well. Spread the frosting over the cooled bars.
• For easy cutting, refrigerate the bars until just before cutting and serving.

PUMPKIN ENERGY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large bar-cookie pan.
• Stir pumpkin puree, eggs, sugar, oil, and water together in a large bowl until smooth.
• Stir all-purpose flour, pastry flour, powdered milk, almonds, flax seed meal, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger together with a whisk in a separate bowl; stir into the pumpkin mixture until you have a smooth batter. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top of the batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting.

PUMPKIN BARS WITH APPLESAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Mix pumpkin puree, sugar, oil, applesauce, and eggs together in a medium bowl until fluffy.
• Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves together in a large bowl. Add pumpkin mixture and stir until combined. Pour into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool, about 15 minutes before cutting into 24 bars.

PUMPKIN BARS (REDUCED SUGAR)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°; spray an 11x13 (jelly roll) pan with non stick pan spray.
• Place eggs, sweetener, sugar, oil, and pumpkin in a large mixing bowl and beat at medium speed until smooth, set aside.
• In a medium bowl, stir flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together to blend, then add to creamed mixture; mix at medium speed until creamy again; spread batter in the 11x14 pan and bake for 25 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean from the center of the pan.
• Place pan on a wire rack and cool to room temperature; cut four by six.
• You may serve with low-sugar pudding or low-sugar whipped topping, if desired.

SUGAR FREE PUMPKIN BARS WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Bar directions:.
• All Xylitol measurements refer to the measurement of the dry powder, not the melted liquid.
• Melt the xylitol. It takes about 10 minutes for my microwave to melt the xylitol, but microwave times vary. It will be as clear as water when melted - don't let it boil! It's okay to stir it occasionally while melting it. Your wooden spoon will get a crusty layer that washes off easily. Xylitol isn't sticky even when hardened and clean up is a breeze! The xylitol when melted is very, very hot. Be careful and use something that can withstand the temperature - I've used ordinary glass mixing bowls and pyrex measuring bowls without problems. Plastic would probably melt. 2 cups of crystal Xylitol will be less than 2 cups of melted Xylitol - that's okay. It's sweeter than sugar!
• USE OVEN MITS WHEN HANDLING YOUR BOWL OF MELTED XYLITOL. It's that hot.
• In a mixer, blend all ingredients together except the xylitol, flour, gluten and eggs.
• Slowly pour the melted xylitol 'syrup' into the mixing bowl and mix.
• Add flour and gluten.
• Pour mixture into a 10x15x2 cake pan - spray first with cooking spray.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool.
• Frosting Directions:.
• I've had the hardest time adapting frosting to the Xylitol. I kept trying to use the same volume of Xylitol crystals as sugar. By the time the melted mixture returned to room temperature, the darn stuff would be rock hard and inedible. However, if you don't melt the Xylitol and try to use the crystals creamed with your butter/margarine, it stays too crystallized and gives the frosting an unpleasantly crunchy texture.
• I've finally come upon the perfect balance. It's still very sweet but stays creamy when spread and it's so much better for you!
• So, melt your Xylitol as before. I use my small mixing bowl for this. I have to use oven mits to move the mixing bowl from the microwave to my mixer stand.
• Carefully add your butter or margarine. If you 'plop' it in, hot Xylitol splatters could burn you!
• Add Vanilla.
• Add the cream cheese in small dollops.
• Start the mixer at low speed. Mix until no visible 'lumps' of cream cheese are seen. Blend at low speed for 3-5 minutes.
• Allow frosting to cool on mixer stand. Periodically (every 5-10 minutes or so) turn the mixer on for short 3-5 minute bursts on slow speed. This seems to keep the cooling frosting creamy and prevent hard 'chunks' from forming.
• When cooled to room temperature, spread on your cooled pan of pumpkin bars. For me, if I start the frosting as soon as the bars start cooking, they're usually cooled and ready at the same time.
• Enjoy!