Snickerdoodle Pumpkin Bars

What's wonderful about these bars is that they are not only a snickerdoodle cookie, but also pumpkin pie-y, and topped with this amazing cinnamon sugar and pumpkin-flavored chocolate drizzle. It's like a pumpkin pie and a snickerdoodle cookie got married, but on steroids.

I served these up for Thanksgiving Day and you know, it was pretty sweet to have a different dessert other than pie.

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What you need:
Snickerdoodle Layer:

• 3 cups flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 Tbsp. vanilla

Pumpkin Layer:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 stick butter
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cup pumpkin puree

Topping:

• 2 Tbsp. sugar
• 2 tsp. cinnamon

Drizzle:

• 1 oz. white chocolate, chopped
• 1/4 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

Directions:

For Snickerdoodle Layer: 

Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt.
Stir together brown sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla.

Mix dry ingredients into wet and then pour into greased 9x13-inch pan. Even with a spatula.

For Pumpkin Layer: 

Cream together sugar and butter.

Add the rest of the ingredients and pour over snickerdoodle layer and smooth out evenly.

For Topping: 

Combine sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle on top of pumpkin layer.

Bake at 350* for 33 to 40 minutes. Cool completely.

For Drizzle: 

Melt chocolate and add pumpkin pie spice. 

Drizzle over the top and let it cool and harden.

Recipe from Lovin' From the Oven

This was recreated by Life & Kitchen for August 2013 SRC {here}