Best 6 Healthy Pumpkin Carrot Cream Cheese Bars Recipes

SPICED PUMPKIN BARS WITH CREAM CHEESE ICING

Steps:

• For the bars: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13-by-9-inch metal baking pan with nonstick baking spray and line the bottom and sides with parchment paper, leaving an inch of overhang on the sides.
• Whisk together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, salt, nutmeg and cloves in a large bowl until evenly combined. In another bowl, whisk together the granulated sugar, oil, vanilla, eggs and pumpkin puree until smooth. Pour the pumpkin mixture over the dry ingredients and stir until the batter just comes together.
• Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Let the cake cool for 30 minutes in the pan, then unmold and let cool completely on a wire rack.
• For the icing: Combine the cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl and beat on medium speed with a handheld mixer until smooth. Add the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and salt and beat until evenly combined and smooth. Spread the icing on the top of the cake in a smooth and even layer. Cut the cake into twenty-four 2-inch squares and serve.

PUMPKIN BARS WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a large jelly roll pan with cooking spray.
• Beat eggs in a large bowl with an electric hand mixer until foamy; add white sugar, vegetable oil, and pumpkin. Beat on medium speed until incorporated, 2 minutes.
• Mix flour, baking powder, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Beat flour mixture into egg mixture on low speed until just combined, 1 minute. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool completely.
• Beat cream cheese, butter, and vanilla together in a bowl with an electric hand mixer until creamy. Gradually add confectioners' sugar; beat until smooth. Spread frosting evenly over cooled pumpkin cake; sprinkle with cinnamon.

PUMPKIN CARROT CREAM CHEESE BARS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13 inch baking pan with non-stick spray.
• 2. Filling: In a small bowl, combine flour, salt, spices, baking powder, and baking soda.
• 3. In a larger bowl, beat 1 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and butter.
• 4. Add eggs, pumpkin, and carrots and mix.
• 5. Add flour mixture and mix until well blended.
• 6. Spread into pan.
• 7. Topping: Mix together cream cheese, sugar and egg until blended.
• 8. Pour on top of pumpkin mixture and spread with a spatula until thinly covered.
• 9. Bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 10. Cool completely before cutting into squares.

FROSTED CARROT BARS

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat sugar, oil, eggs and carrots. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; add to carrot mixture and mix well. Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool. , In a bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla. Blend in sugar until smooth. Place 1/4 cup of frosting in a small bowl; stir in yellow and red food coloring to make orange. Set aside. Place 3 tablespoons frosting in a small bowl; stir in green food coloring., Spread white frosting on cake. Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; fill with orange frosting. Mark off 20 squares on the cake; pipe a small carrot in the center of each square. Place green frosting in another bag; cut a small hole in the corner. Pipe greens on top of each carrot.

PUMPKIN CARROT SWIRL BARS WITH CREAM CHEESE TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan.
• Combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder and baking soda in small bowl.
• Beat granulated sugar, butter and brown sugar in large mixer bowl until crumbly.
• Add eggs, egg whites, pumpkin and carrot; beat until well blended.
• Add flour mixture; mix well.
• Spread into prepared pan.
• Cream Cheese Topping:.
• Prepare cream cheese topping in separate bowl as follows --.
• Combine 4 ounces softened cream cheese, 1/4 cup granulated sugar and 1 tablespoon milk in small mixer bowl until thoroughly blended.
• Drop teaspoonfuls of cream cheese topping over batter; swirl mixture with spoon.
• BAKE for 25 to 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.

HEALTHY PUMPKIN CARROT CREAM CHEESE BARS

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 15 x 10 jelly roll pan with non-stick butter spray. In a small bowl, wisk together flour, spices, salt, baking powder and baking soda. In a large bowl, beat together sugar and butter substitute with an electric mixer on high until crumbly. With mixer on medium, slowly add eggs one at a time. Continue mixing and add pumpkin and carrots. Add flour mixture to the wet mixture until well combined. Pour into jelly roll pan. In a small bowl, wisk together cream cheese, sugar and milk until smooth. Drop teaspoon-fulls of topping over pumpkin batter and swirl and cut mixture into batter with a butter knife. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan completely on wire rack before cutting into squares.