Dessert

Pumpkin Shortbread Bars is for Dessert.

Pumpkin Shortbread Bars takes several minutes to prepare.

Pumpkin Shortbread Bars takes several minutes to cook.

Pumpkin Shortbread Bars makes 32 servings.

The ingredients for Pumpkin Shortbread Bars are:

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup white sugar
1/4 t. vanilla
1 cup flour

1/3 cup flour
1/2 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
2 eggs
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup canned solid pack pumpkin
1 t vanilla

1 cup flour
1/3 cup white sugar
1/4 cup cold butter

Here is how you make Pumpkin Shortbread Bars:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.2. Beat 1/2 cup butter, 1/3 cup sugar, and 1/4 t of vanilla together until blended. Mix in 1 cup flour until no longer dry. Press into a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.3. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Remove and allow to cool for a few minutes. Remove the oven to 350 degrees.4. Whisk together 1/3 cup flour, the baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; set aside. Beat the eggs, brown sugar, pumpkin, and 1 t. vanilla in a bowl until the pumpkin is smooth. Stir in the flour mixture until just incorporated and spread the batter over the parbaked crust.5. Place 1 cup flour, 1/3 cup sugar, and 1/4 cup of cold butter into a bowl. Press the butter into the flour using a pastry blender until no pieces of butter remain and the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle evenly over the pumpkin batter.6. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Cool completely in the pan. Cut into 32 bars before serving (4 x 8).Serving Size: makes 32 piecesNumber of Servings: 32Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JOCEWALLY1976.

The nutritional information for Pumpkin Shortbread Bars is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 32
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 122.2

• Total Fat: 2.3 g
• Cholesterol: 20.4 mg
• Sodium: 28.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 28.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.2 g
• Protein: 0.5 g