Pumpkin Spice Cookie Bars

Pumpkin and spice come together in these yummy cookie bars.  They are quick and easy to make and taste like fall!

      Pumpkin cookies with yummy frosting are always a popular fall treat.  But if scooping and frosting all those individual cookies seems like a little too much, don't despair. We can make a yummy pan of cookie bars and skip those steps! These tasty pumpkin spice cookie bars are fabulous way to get those flavors you are craving with a fraction of the effort.  They are fun, festive and oh so good!

Have you been doing extra baking this year?  I feel like we have.  I think it's the extra time at home and wanting something to keep our hands busy.

    If I'm being perfectly honest, I think there is some stress eating involved too.  But whatever the genesis, there have been lots of pumpkin treats this fall.

    It has been kind of fun to really focus on pumpkin lately.  Usually most of my fall baking revolves around apple recipes with just a few pumpkin treats sprinkled in.

    This year we have gone whole hog on that orange beauty.  I thought we were done with pumpkin treats, but Little Dude insisted we whip up some pumpkin puree from the pie pumpkin we got at the pumpkin patch.

   We made a quick video of the pumpkin puree making process and put it on YouTube if you care to see it.  Once you make puree, you want to go ahead and make a treat... so here we are!

    I originally shared this recipe back in 2015.  So Little Dude and I thought it was high time to revisit the post and freshen it up.

     Making bars instead of individual cookies cuts a lot of time and effort out of the process.  It is so much easier to pat it into the pan and bake it than scoop individual cookies.

      Not only do you not have to scoop them all, but you can skip the chilling time because the sides of the pan will keep the cookie from spreading. Plus then you don't have to keep rotating the pans in and out of the oven.

    Frosting the cookies gets a lot easier as well.  Just spread it over the pan and add sprinkles if desired. Easy peasy! 

    We really like marshmallow fluff buttercream on these cookies, but it would also be great with cinnamon brown sugar cream cheese frosting, or caramel buttercream.

Then just cut your cookies into bars and serve.  They are perfect for a family gathering or party. 

Original post from 2015:

I am certainly not wishing summer away.  We have had so much fun and there is so much more I want to do.  

   However, I love fall.  I love fall flavors.  I love football.  I love hoodies. 

   I love temperate days and cool evenings.  I recently bought myself a little treat, a new bar pan and I couldn't wait to use it.

What?  A new pan counts as a treat!  We all have our vices!

Anyway, my favorite way to season a new pan (especially a stoneware one) is with cookies.  I know, I don't need much of an excuse for cookies.  

However, they really are great for this.  All of that butter is excellent for the pan.  So, a new bar pan means lots of cookie bars.  

You want that pan now, don't you?! 

    So, anyway, I had to break out some fall flavors on this one.  We had a few cool days and I wanted to take advantage.   
 
     Pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice are like a warm hug on a cool day.  Top that off with some marshmallow fluff buttercream and we are really in business!  
 
     These cookie bars were well received by everyone.  I dropped some off at my sister's house.  
 
     My brother took some home after trying one.  I dropped some off at my husband's work site.

 
 Needless to say it didn't take them long to disappear, which is a really good thing because I have no self control when things like this are sitting around!

Storing your cookie bars

As long as your frosting is able to stay at room temperature, you can store these cookie bars on the counter for up to a week.  Cover them with plastic wrap to keep them from drying out.

If you want to save some for later, you can freeze them for up to three months.  Let the frosting set and put wax paper between the layers to keep them from sticking to each other. 

Watch us whip them up on YouTube

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Pumpkin Spice Cookie Bar Recipehttps://youtu.be/xexR2-ZzN2IPumpkin cookies with yummy frosting are always a popular fall treat. But if scooping and frosting all those individual cookies seems like a little too much, don't despair. We can make a yummy pan of cookie bars and skip those steps! These tasty pumpkin spice cookie bars are fabulous way to get those flavors you are craving with a fraction of the effort. They are fun, festive and oh so good!https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n0j7ClcKo5E/X6SjXev9plI/AAAAAAABCxk/JV-wgP_lAgEQ41v9DfUImAPEEZF2tAe2wCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/pumpkin%2Bcookie%2Bbar%2Bthumb.jpg2020-11-05

Yield: 36 servings

Author: Cooking With Carlee

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Pumpkin Spice Cookie Bars

Pumpkin cookies with yummy frosting are always a popular fall treat. But if scooping and frosting all those individual cookies seems like a little too much, don't despair. We can make a yummy pan of cookie bars and skip those steps! These tasty pumpkin spice cookie bars are fabulous way to get those flavors you are craving with a fraction of the effort. They are fun, festive and oh so good!

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 20 MinTotal time: 30 Min

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 2 cups whole wheat flour (I used white whole wheat)
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 F
2. Cream together butter and sugars. Add eggs and mix well.
3. Stir in vanilla and pumpkin puree until combined.
4. Add flours, salt, baking soda and pumpkin pie spice. Stir until just combined.
5. Spread into a 10x15" bar pan. The dough should be thick like cookie dough and thus a little hard to spread. Try to get it relatively uniform.
6. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
7. Allow to cool completely and then spread marshmallow buttercream over the top. MMM!

Notes:

Calories

164.42

Fat (grams)

5.97

Sat. Fat (grams)

3.48

Carbs (grams)

25.34

Fiber (grams)

1.26

Net carbs

24.08

Sugar (grams)

10.82

Protein (grams)

2.98

Sodium (milligrams)

144.44

Cholesterol (grams)

34.22

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