Low Fat Pumpkin Swirl Bars Or Cake Food

LOWER FAT PUMPKIN BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Beat together the sugar, applesauce, egg substitute and pumpkin.
• Sift dry ingredients into bowl.
• Mix well.
• Pour into a 15x10x1 pan and bake for 23-27 minutes.
• Cool completely.
• Mix together icing ingredients using more milk if needed.
• Spread over cooled pumpkin bars.

LOW-FAT PUMPKIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spray a 13x9-inch pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• In small bowl combine all dry ingredients.
• Set aside.
• In large mixing bowl, whip egg beaters with electric mixer until fluffy.
• Blend in sugar, pumpkin, oil, and applesauce until smooth.
• Gradually add dry mixture to egg mixture. Blend until smooth.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350°F for 35-40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean.
• Edges will appear golden brown.
• Cool cake completely before frosting with fat-free whip or fat-free cream cheese frosting.
• Cream Cheese Frosting Directions:.
• Beat cream cheese until smooth.
• Add vanilla and mix.
• Gradually add powdered sugar mixing in sugar until you get to the consistency you desire.

LOW-FAT PUMPKIN SWIRL BARS (OR CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Prepare pan - either a 10x15 jelly roll (for bars) or a 9x13 (for cake). I like to line my pans with parchment paper.
• Combine flour, spice, baking powder and soda in a bowl. Set aside.
• In a mixer, combine sugar, brown sugar and softened butter. Add pumpkin, and then eggs and whites. Add flour mixture; mix well. Spread into prepared pan.
• Make cream cheese topping: blend cheese, 3 T. sugar and milk until smooth. Drizzle across top of batter; then use a knife to zigzag through the batter and filling, creating a nice design.
• Bake according to your pan size: 10x15 pan 25-30 minutes, 9x13 pan 35 minutes. Test with a knife (better than a toothpick test) to make sure the bars are completely done and not under-baked. I watch for the cake to puff up all over, even creating little cracks on the top, as an indicator that it is thoroughly baked. Under-baked bars get gummy.

LOW CARB/SUGAR FREE PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• In large bowl combine softened cream cheese, Splenda, and vanilla. Beat with electric mixer until smooth. Blend in eggs, one at a time.
• Remove one cup of batter and spread into bottom of glass or crockery baking dish which has been sprayed very lightly with non-stick spray.
• Add pumpkin and spices to remaining batter and stir until blended.
• Carefully spread pumpkin layer over first layer.
• Bake in preheated oven 35-45 minutes or until center is almost set.
• Allow to cool, then chill several hours or overnight.
• Serve with whipped cream if desired and wait for compliments.
• I used a 10" by 8" glass baking dish to cook this. Next time I think I would double the recipe and only increase to a 9" by 13" baking dish to make a thicker cheese cake. This would show of the layers better. Some cinnamon dusted on the top would have been a nice touch.

RAINBOW CHEESECAKE SWIRL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325, then line a 9x13 pan with non-stick foil or parchment paper
• Combine cake mix, melted butter, 1 egg and 2/3 cup milk in mixing bowl. Stir until combined. Batter will be thick like brownie mix. Equally divide batter into 6 bowls.
• Color one bowl purple, another blue, green, yellow, orange, and pink, reserve 1 tablespoon of each color for top of bars.
• Spoon teaspoonful of colored batter into bottom of pan, alternating colors as you go.
• Wet hands slightly and press batter, flattening it where needed.
• Add 1 1/2 teaspoons milk to each of the remaining tablespoons of batter to thin them out.
• Stir together cream cheese and sugar. Add egg and vanilla and stir until smooth.
• Pour cheesecake filling over layer of cake batter. Drizzle thinned out batter over filling,then swirl using fork or knife.
• Bake uncovered for 20 minutes.
• Remove and cover pan with tinfoil to keep colored swirls from browning. Return to oven for 14-20 minutes.
• Cool at room temperature for about an hour, then refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Center will still jiggle slightly and will firm up as it cools.
• When ready to serve cut in 24 squares, store in refridgerator.

PUMPKIN SWIRL BARS

Steps:

• Combine pumpkin, 1 1/2 cups sugar, oil and 2 eggs, mixing until well blended.
• Combine dry ingredients and add to pumpkin mixture and blend well.
• Combine cream cheese with remaining sugar and egg until well blended.
• Spoon pumpkin mixture into greased and floured 15 x 10" jelly roll pan.
• Spoon cream cheese over pumpkin batter.
• Cut through batter with knife several times for marble effect.
• Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool and cut into squares.

LOW CALORIE PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray a 9 inch springform pan with nonstick cooking spray. Coat sides only with 2 tablespoons of graham cracker crumbs.
• In a medium bowl combine remaining 1 cup graham cracker crumbs and apple jelly, mix well. Press in bottom of coated pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 8-10 minutes or until set. Cool 5 minutes. Refrigerate for 5 minutes or until completely cooled.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl beat cream cheese at medium speed until smooth and creamy. Gradually beat in brown sugar and sugar until smooth. At low speed, add eggs one at a time, beating until just blended.
• In a small bowl combine flour, pumpkin pie spice and pumpkin, mix well. Gradually add to cream cheese mixture, beat until smooht. Pour over crust.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for one hour 20 minutes - one hour 30 minutes or until center is set. Turn the oven off, open oven door at least 4 inches. Let cheesecake sit in the oven for 30 minutes.
• With sharp knife, loosen cheesecake from sides of pan. Cool in pan for 2 hours.
• To serve, cut cheesecake into wedges. Top with whipped topping and nutmeg if desired.