Pumpkin Bars

Half chocolate chips and half frosted.  

This is one of my favorite treats especially this time of year. I love pumpkin cookies and pumpkin roll. This recipe is the best of both. My mother in law made these the past few years and I can't get enough of them. She changes makes half of them with chocolate chips on top, and pits the frosting on the other half. So it is like having half a sheet of pumpkin cookies and half a sheet that taste like pumpkin roll. 

Combine

6 Eggs
3 C Sugar
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla
1 lg can (29 oz) OR 2 small cans (15 oz) Pumpkin

Add

4 1/4 C Flour
1 Tbs Cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp Salt
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder

Pour into a greased 13x18 Gelly pan. Sprinkle a cup of chocolate chips on half the sheet. The other side will have frosting on them. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until the center is firm, or a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Beat Together
1 pkg (8 oz) Cream Cheese
8 Tbs Butter, softened k
Slowly Add
1 C Powdered Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla

Spread Over Cooled Pumpkin Cake on the side that doesn't have chocolate chips. You will love these!

To-die-for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

 

I saw this on Good things Utah the other day and decided to try it. Very good!

This is what you will need...

2 cups Canned Pumpkin Pie Mix 4 Eggs 1/3 cup Milk 1/3 cup Applesauce 1 t Vanilla 3 cups Sugar 3 ½ cups Flour 1 t Cinnamon 2 t Baking Soda 1 ½ t Salt 1 ½ cups Chocolate Chips 1 ½ cups Walnuts – chopped

Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees. Cream together canned pumpkin pie mix, eggs, milk, applesauce, vanilla and sugar. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Combine pumpkin mixture and dry ingredients; stir in chocolate chips and chopped walnuts. Evenly distribute batter into 3 well-butter loaf pans. Bake for 50-60 minutes. Allow pumpkin chocolate chip bread to cool in loaf pans for 15 minutes. After cooling in pans, remove bread and allow to cool completely before slicing. Slice, serve and ENJOY!

Let me know how you like it!