Pumpkin Spice Bars taste a bit like pumpkin pie. With a shortbread crust and pumpkin butter filling, these will be a tasty fall treat for your family and friends.
Pumpkin season is the best season next to all the Christmas goodies season. I love pumpkin everything. Bring. it. on. I made my first pumpkin recipe of the season back in August. It was like coming home. I found a recipe for Pumpkin Butter and knew I had to make something with it because yum. My friends over at High Heels and Grills have never done me wrong before. I halved their recipe for these bars. This shortbread crust and topping is so easy to make and goes perfectly with the pumpkin butter. Make it and fall in love!
Pumpkin Spice Bars
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Author: Mandy Bird
: Dessert
Serves: 15-20
Ingredients
- Bars
- 2½ cups flour
- 1½ cups oats
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1½ tsp. pumpkin spice
- 1½ cups butter, softened
- Pumpkin Butter
- 15 oz. can pumpkin puree, NOT pumpkin pie filling
- ⅛ cup apple juice
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp. ground ginger
- ⅛ tsp. ground cloves
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
Directions
- Pumpkin Butter
- Place all ingredients in a saucepan and stir to combine.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium low and let simmer 30 minutes. Stir often until thickened.
- Bars
- Mix together flour, oats powdered sugar, baking powder, salt and pumpkin spice. Add in the butter and mix until large clumps form.
- Press ¾ of the dough into a greased 9x13 baking dish.
- Spread 1½ cups Pumpkin Butter over crust and crumble remaining dough over the top.
- Bake at 350 F 40-45 minutes until top is lightly browned.
“Pumpkin Spice Bars taste a bit like pumpkin pie.” you sure it doesn’t taste like mac and cheese?
I honestly would eat them both separately- The crust then the pumpkin butter- They both sound so good!!!
Well mac and cheese was my first thought…Thanks, Arman!
Oh lordy that pumpkin butter topping looks amazing! My family will gobble these up!
Lol, thanks Amy!
These pumpkin spice bars look absolutely delicious!
Thank you, Marye!
Love that these bars use homemade pumpkin butter!
That dough on top looks like cauliflower! LOL! but I do love that veggie so BRING IT!
These look so good! I am hooked on everything pumpkin right now so I am going to have to try these. 🙂 So glad I stumbled upon your blog!
Thanks, Emma! Great name, too. My youngest daughter is named Emma 🙂 Welcome!
Oh man. That crumble is CALLING MY NAME! Looks so good Mandy! And I’ve been dreaming about this Pumpkin butter since Sarah posted it!