{"id":1172,"date":"2009-02-17T23:30:13","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T04:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2009-02-17T23:33:14","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T04:33:14","slug":"whats-cookin-pumpkin-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=1172","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Cookin&#8217; &#8211; Pumpkin Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These have become one of my two signature desserts.\u00a0 They are amazing. I keep a can of pumpkin and a block of cream cheese on hand at all times, so they can be whipped up when needed.\u00a0 And they can be lightened up with no compromise to taste!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pumpkin Bars <\/strong>(courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/allrecipes.com\/Recipe\/Pauls-Pumpkin-Bars\/Detail.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">AllRecipes.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 350 degrees.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 eggs<\/li>\n<li> 1 2\/3 cups white sugar<\/li>\n<li> 1 cup vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li> 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mix together and until light and fluffy. Combine the following ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> 2 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li> 2 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n<li> 1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li> 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon<\/li>\n<li> 1 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Add to pumpkin mixture.\u00a0 Pour into ungreased 10&#215;13&#8243; jelly roll pan.\u00a0 Bake 25-30 minutes.\u00a0 Cool before frosting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cream Cheese Frosting<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li> 1\/2 cup butter, softened<\/li>\n<li> 1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li> 2 cups sifted confectioners&#8217; sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Cream together the cream cheese and butter. Stir in vanilla. Add confectioners&#8217; sugar a little at a time, beating until mixture is smooth. Spread evenly on top of the cooled bars. Cut into squares. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>**<em>Notes: <\/em>I have used Egg Beaters, applesauce for the oil, and half <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingarthurflour.com\/shop\/detail.jsp?select=C79&amp;byCategory=C128&amp;id=3311\" target=\"_blank\">white whole wheat flour<\/a>, as well as lowfat cream cheese.\u00a0 No one knows the difference!\u00a0 These will never fail to be a hit!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These have become one of my two signature desserts.\u00a0 They are amazing. I keep a can of pumpkin and a block of cream cheese on hand at all times, so they can be whipped up when needed.\u00a0 And they can be lightened up with no compromise to taste! Pumpkin Bars (courtesy of AllRecipes.com) Preheat oven [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-1172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whats-cookin","tag-dessert"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkzLf-iU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1172"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1174,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/revisions\/1174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}