These One Point Sheet Pan Pumpkin Bars are so easy to make and baked in a sheet pan so it’s perfect for potlucks! As it bakes, the smell of fall fills the house!
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour, almond flour, or gluten free flour or Kodiak Cakes Buttermilk Pancake Mix
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup sugar substitute -I use Lakanto Classic Monkfuit Sweetener
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin
- 4 lightly beaten eggs or 1 cup liquid egg substitute
Cream Cheese Swirl Ingredients
- 8 oz. light cream cheese, softened at room temperature
- 2 Tbsp skim milk or unsweetened almond milk
- 1/3 cup zero point sugar substitute -I use Lakanto Classic Monkfruit Sweetener
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray 10 x 15 or 18 x 13 cookie sheet with non stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl combine, flour, baking soda, powder, salt, cinnamon, sugar substitute, and cloves. Stir until combined.
- Add eggs or liquid eggs, pumpkin and unsweetened applesauce. Stir until well combined.
- Pour batter into prepared baking pan.
- In a seperate medium mixing bowl combine, softened cream cheese, skim milk, egg, and sugar substitute.
- Whisk until nice and smooth. To avoid lumps, make sure the cream cheese is softened, and/or at room temperature. Pour the cream cheese mixture over pumpkin batter
- Using a table knife gently cut through the batter to make swirls with the cream cheese evenly through the batter.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes.
Makes 36 bars
1point for one bar or 2 bars for 3 points