Reviewed: Jan. 22, 2012

Perfect! Double the cake recipe as suggested for a great 9x13 cake. Also, instead of 2/3 cup pumpkin puree add one whole 12 oz can per batch, it's amazing.

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Mutchie

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: De Pere, Wisconsin, USA

Living In: Roswell, New Mexico, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2011

These were good, but they didn't knock my socks off. Everyone liked them, yet they're not disappearing very quickly. I frosted them with the Cream Cheese Frosting II. I probably won't make them again, just because the response from family wasn't that enthusiastic.

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simpleisgood

Reviewed: Nov. 23, 2011

My son begs for these every day! I am wheat free so I used rice/soy/tapioca flour mix. I also added a little more pumpkin to make it extra moist. Awesome plain or with cream cheese frosting.

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momx3pcm

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Burnsville, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Belle Plaine, Minnesota, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 21, 2011

Very good for this time of the year! These are excellent. Very Very moist and cake like. Sooo good with cream cheese frosting. I dble batch and put in a 9x13 pan and an 8x8 pan so I can some to daughters.

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scalawag

Reviewed: Nov. 19, 2011

these are good, but the pan size stated is far too big for these bars. So unless you want a bar/cake that is an inch high, use a 9x9 pan.

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Cindy

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, Canada

Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2011

These turned out good, but were more of a cake than a bar. The only change I made was to use butter in place of shortening because I didn't have that on hand. I topped it with a cream cheese frosting with a dash of pumpkin pie spice added.

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may2mac

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Denver, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 5, 2011

The gluten free version of these that I made using garbanzo bean flour came out great. I used butter for the shortening and cut the amount of brown sugar in half. The cream cheese frosting I topped them with was plenty sweet so using less sugar in the bars created a good balance. Like others, I also creamed the butter and sugar first before adding the eggs and then the pumpkin, and I stirred the dry ingredients together before adding them to the creamed mixture. I appreciate recipes like this one that can be successfully modified. Thanks!

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quiltfairy

Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2011

This was so good that I actually had to make a second batch because while I was upstairs waiting for my dad to buy the pumpkin, my family came into the kitchen and ate the dough. All of it.

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Elenaeruiz

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Oct. 28, 2011

These bars are light textured, moist and lightly spiced with great pumpkin flavor. They were also very popular. I like that this is a one bowl recipe which makes for very easy cleanup, although I did cream the shortening first before adding the rest of the ingredients. I also added a teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice to the cream cheese frosting I made to top, which complemented the cake beautifully.

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CC♥'s2bake

Home Town: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Reviewed: Oct. 23, 2011

Wow -- these are really good! Used butter, rather than shortening, added walnuts, and just 3/4 cup brown sugar. Sprinkled with powdered sugar and topped with whipped cream. My family loves them. Thank you!

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