Healthy 60 Calorie Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
Easy to make low calorie pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting! Perfect healthy recipe for fall.
Ingredients
Healthy 60 Calorie Pumpkin Bars
- 1 1/2 Cups Whole Grain Wheat Flour
- 1/2 Cup Almond Flour
- 1 Tbsp Ground Cinnamon
- 1/8 Tsp Nutmeg
- 1 Tsp Baking Powder
- 1 Tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 Cup Unsweetened Applesauce
- 4 Large Eggs
- 1 Tsp Olive Oil
- 2 Cans Pumpkin Puree 30 ounces
- 3 Tbsps Brown Sugar
- 1 Tsp Vanilla Bean Paste
- 1/2 Cup Agave or honey, syrup, monk fruit
Healthy Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 Tsp 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 5 Oz vanilla Greek yogurt
- ¾ cup plain low fat cream cheese
- 1 tsp unsweetened almond milk
- 2 tbsp agave
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
Instructions
Healthy 60 Calorie Pumpkin Bars
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
- Sift the almond flour, wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl. Add nutmeg into the dry ingredients.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, applesauce, and olive oil. Add the agave and pumpkin puree to the wet ingredients, and stir until smooth. Mix in the brown sugar and vanilla bean paste.
- Combine the wet and dry ingredients, stirring until completely smooth. Taste the batter and adjust the sweetness with additional stevia or Truvia, if needed.
- Grease a baking dish with olive oil, butter, or cooking spray.Spread the batter evenly in the dish, smoothing the top with a spatula
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- While the bars are baking, prepare the frosting: mix all the frosting ingredients and refrigerate. Once the bars are done, cool them completely before frosting (or the frosting will melt!).Frost the cooled pumpkin bars, and sprinkle a little cinnamon on top for decoration.Chill the bars in the fridge for five minutes to firm up the frosting before cutting.Cut into 35 squares (or any shape you like!), and enjoy!
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