One Point Sheet Pan Pumpkin Bars
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!
PREP TIME
8 minutes
COOK TIME
25 minutes
ADDITIONAL TIME
5 minutes
TOTAL TIME
38 minutes
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
1 Pointfor one bar or 2 bars for 3 Points
Notes
You can use Whole Wheat flour, White All-Purpose Flour or Kodiak Cakes Buttermilk Pancake Mix-if you are looking for a gluten free option-you can use gluten free flour. If you are looking for a low carb option, you can use Almond flour. The point value may vary depending on the flour you use. Keep in mind, if you use Kodiak Pancake Mix the point value will be less than if you use all purpose flour.
You can omit the cream cheese swirl to reduce the point value. If want to use a smaller baking dish ( 9 x 13 ) keep in mind they will be thicker (more cake like) and you will want to increase the cooking time to 35-40 minutes.
The point value may vary depending on the brand of flour you use. If you don’t have eggs as a zero point food item, you’ll want to use liquid eggs instead of whole eggs to reduce the point value.
Smart points: GREEN /BLUE/PURPLE :1 Smart Point per bar or 2 bars for 3 Smart Points
