Pumpkin Bars

I can't believe I haven't posted this before. These are Tanner's all time FAVORITE dessert. We make them multiple times during the fall season.

PUMPKIN BARS

{from the Jenson Family Cookbook}

2 C Sugar
1 C Oil {I use applesauce}
1 lrg can pumpkin {2 C)
4 Eggs {I only use 2}

Mix above ingredients together until creamy.

Add the following:

2 C Flour
2 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Baking Soda
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Nutmeg {I added this}

Mix well. Add 1 C Nuts if desired. I never add nuts. Jason is allergic and Tanner doesn't like them.

Bake on a large jelly roll pan at 350 for 25 minutes. Let cool completely.

Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting

3 oz Cream Cheese
6 T Butter
3 C Powdered Sugar
1-2 tsp Milk
1 tsp Vanilla

Blend together until desired consistency. I add more powdered sugar or milk to get it right.

Enjoy!!

Pumpkin Dessert

I do not like Pumpkin Pie, I never have and probably never will....but, I LOVE this Pumpkin Dessert. It's one of my favorite desserts. {I forgot how much I liked it until I made it yesterday}

Pumpkin Dessert

2 C Gingersnaps
1/4 C. butter
1 (8 oz) cream cheese
2 Eggs
1/2 C Sugar
2 pkg. vanilla pudding
1 (16 oz) can pumpkin
3/4 C milk
1 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp cinnamon, divided
1/2 tsp cloves
1 (8 oz) cool whip

Crush gingersnaps and mix with butter to make a crumb mixture. Press into the bottom of 9x13 pan. Mix together cream cheese, eggs, and sugar. Pour over crumb mixture and bake 18-20 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool Completely. Mix together vanilla pudding, milk, nutmeg, 1 tsp of cinnamon, cloves and pumpkin.  Spread on cooled cream cheese mixture. Cool 1 hour. Mix 1 tsp of cinnamon in cool whip. Spread over pumpkin layer. Chill for 3 hours.

Pumpkin Banana Bread

You can see the original recipe from allrecipes.com. I have included my adjustments in italics.

Banana Pumpkin Bread

2 Bananas
2 Eggs
1/3 C Oil {I used apple sauce}
1 1/3 C {10oz} Pumpkin
1/2 C Honey
1/2 C Sugar {I used splenda}
2 1/2 C Flour {I used 1 1/2 whole wheat flour}
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg {I added the nutmeg}

Mix together Bananas, eggs, oil, pumpkin, honey and sugar. Mix well. Combine all dry ingredients and spices together and mix well. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients until well blended.

I decided to add a package of chocolate chips because I thought it needed them. I doubled the recipe and used one package of chocolate chips and I feel like there were plenty. You would probably only want 1/2 of a package if you only make one loaf.

Pour into loaf pan. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes. {I had to bake mine for over an hour, but I had two in the oven at the same time.}

Makes 1 loaf

Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls

YES! They are as good as they sound!!!!

Amy found the original recipe on Pinterest, it is HERE. I like the instruction HERE better.

So then, I adapted it and made them into Cinnamon Rolls. I just rolled them out like cinnamon rolls after I had made the bread dough.

I followed the recipe exactly EXCEPT I used brown sugar instead of white sugar on the filling.  It's kindof a long recipe, but it's really easy once you start making them. Believe me, they are To. Die. For.

I didn't use rum in the glaze, I just used vanilla and I used more than it called for. About 1 tsp.

I also frosted some of the cinnamon rolls with the Brown Sugar Frosting from the last post. HERE.