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Kelly the Kitchen Kop

Grain-free Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bars

October 18, 2011 27 Comments

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Doesn't the smell of fall, the crisp air, and the beautiful leaves just make you crave the flavors of pumpkin and cinnamon together?  You'll love this recipe for grain-free pumpkin cream cheese bars.  I'm having fun experimenting with grain-free recipes–let me know what you think of these and if you have a recipe that's different in some way, share your variations in the comments.  I love tweaking my recipes.  As a matter of fact, I totally came up with this recipe myself, and was fully prepared for it to become my next Friday Food Flop, but it turned out really good.  What a surprise!

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Grain-free Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bars

Craving the flavors of Autumn? Why not try this?
Author: Kelly the Kitchen Kop

Ingredients

Crust:

  • 1 cup Almond Meal/Flour
  • 2 pastured eggs
  • 4 Tablespoons soft butter pastured butter is best
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup click for sources

Filling:

  • 8 ounce cream cheese I use organic
  • 1 cup pumpkin yes, I use the canned kind, but there's just pumpkin in there
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup palm or coconut sugar click for sources
  • 2 pastured egg yolks
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

  • Mix up the crust and spread into an ungreased 8 x 11.5 glass baking dish.  Bake for 10 minutes at 350*.  Blend the filling ingredients together (I used my immersion blender) and pour over the crust.  Bake for 25-30 minutes at 350* or until almost set.  Let cool in the frig before serving.  Don't forget the real whipped cream!

More fall recipes:

  • If you love pumpkin, you'll love this pumpkin pie ice cream recipe.
  • Or the grain-free Halloween (pumpkin/squash) pancakes I posted recently.
  • A list of recipes for soups and stews
  • Organic Homemade Hot Cocoa Recipe
  • Uncooked/Raw Applesauce
  • Kettle Corn made with coconut oil – a healthy fat!
  • Gluten-free Almond Cookies – not really a fall recipe I guess, but there's good info here about Arrowroot flour
  • Caramel Apples – no mess!
  • Grain-free gluten-free apple crisp!
  • Stag’s Antlers – Festive Fall Cookies
  • Thanksgiving recipes/ideas for leftovers
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Comments

  1. Jill-David Boman says

    November 23, 2016 at 8:13 PM

    I made these last year and these were amazing!

    Reply
  2. Linda Lemstra says

    November 12, 2016 at 9:24 AM

    Can you tell me how many cups pumpkin is used in this recipe? I have my own cooked pumpkin to use.

    Reply
    • Kelly says

      November 12, 2016 at 10:13 AM

      Linda, as stated in the recipe above, it calls for one cup. 🙂

      Kelly

      Reply
  3. Lauren says

    November 19, 2012 at 7:24 PM

    YUM!! these just came out of the oven and of course I had to test a little corner to see how they tasted….sooo good! I have to get them in the fridge quick otherwise they won’t even make it to the “chill and cut into bars” step!! thanks for a great recipe 🙂

    Reply
  4. Soli @ I Believe In Butter says

    October 31, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    Annnnd I made these yesterday and brought them to my Italian class this evening. Everyone loved them! I have to make them again.

    Reply
  5. France @ Beyond The Peel says

    October 20, 2011 at 11:07 PM

    It looks super yummy and I love the gluten free crust. I’m sure it would work for all kinds of desserts!

    Reply
  6. JMR says

    October 19, 2011 at 10:00 AM

    Thank you for the recipe. I have them baking in the oven now. I hope they taste as good as they smell, and as good as that photo looks.

    Reply
  7. Soli @ I Believe In Butter says

    October 19, 2011 at 6:50 AM

    Alright, I definitely need to try making this. LOVE pumpkin.

    Reply
  8. Lori @ Laurel of Leaves says

    October 18, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    This is seriously a drool-worthy recipe. Can’t wait to bring these for Thanksgiving (and not tell anyone in the family they’re actually healthy!)

    Reply
  9. Amy W says

    October 18, 2011 at 2:24 PM

    YUM! Do you think I could subsitute almond flour with coconut flour or something else? We’re deathly allergic to tree nuts…

    Reply
    • KitchenKop says

      October 18, 2011 at 2:35 PM

      Yes! 🙂

      Reply
  10. Lisa says

    October 18, 2011 at 12:57 PM

    These look yummy. I’ve been adding arrowroot starch to my almond flour recipes when I want a more flaky feel to the dough. It does introduce more carbs into the recipe but you’re only using a few tablespoons for a recipe like this. Arrowroot is used in Nourishing Traditions so I consider it a “real food”. Kelly, what are your thoughts on arrowroot?

    Reply
    • KitchenKop says

      October 18, 2011 at 1:20 PM

      I like it! Here’s more on it:
      https://kellythekitchenkop.com/2009/10/gluten-free-almond-cookies-made-with-arrowroot-flour-real-food-wednesday.html

      Reply
  11. Susan says

    October 18, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    Okay…I don’t want to be the buzz-kill at the party, but after reading your yummy recipe, I went searching for palm sugar and the first thing I came upon was this post…..

    https://www.tropicaltraditions.com/coconut_palm_sugar.htm

    Basically it shares how the demand for palm sugar is destroying coconut crops because tapping the trees for the sugar guarantees that the tree will never produce coconuts. I’m all for being able to have sweet stuff on occasion, but not while sacraficing the coconut trees! I love coconut oil too much to sacrifice that for some sugar.

    Any other ideas on what I ban use instead of the palm sugar in the recipe??

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    • KitchenKop says

      October 18, 2011 at 11:07 AM

      You can try the other ideas above, but from what I’ve read, this isn’t true at all, at least for the kind I use.

      https://www.wildernessfamilynaturals.com/collection-of-coconut-sap.php

      Kelly

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      • Susan says

        October 18, 2011 at 11:17 AM

        Kelly- you are so quick to reply! Thank you! I love your blog.

        I read your link and I like it much more than the one I posted! I looked at the wilderness website and was curious: Do you use their coconut sap sugar? Is that the same as palm sugar?

        And if you are using the sap sugar, how long does a 5 pound bag last for your baking needs? If I tell my husband I spent $25 on sugar he may fall over dead unless it lasts a while. I’m a moderate baker -very occasional-

        Thanks again!

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        • KitchenKop says

          October 18, 2011 at 11:21 AM

          It lasts a long time because I don’t use it all that much, either, so you should be good. 🙂

          Yes, coc. sugar and palm sugar are the same. Oops, I just double checked and I may be wrong, looking into this…

          Kelly

          Reply
  12. Jill says

    October 18, 2011 at 9:39 AM

    For a GAPS friendly version of this, I wonder if yogurt cheese would work instead of cream cheese? I might try it (also substituting date sugar for palm sugar and honey for maple syrup). Looks so delicious!

    Reply
    • wendi says

      November 21, 2011 at 4:29 PM

      Have you tried with yogurt cheese? I just make kefir cream cheese type stuff and want to know if it will work with this!

      Thanks!

      Reply
      • KitchenKop says

        November 21, 2011 at 4:35 PM

        I haven’t tried it, but my *guess* is that it would work fine. 🙂

        Reply
        • wendi says

          November 21, 2011 at 4:37 PM

          Fingers crossed!!! 🙂

          Reply
          • wendi says

            November 25, 2011 at 1:37 AM

            Update: I did crust a little different. Almond flour, coconut oil and soaked dates with cinnamon.

            Instead of cream cheese I did coconut milk yogurt. Added about 5oz since its less solid and more liquid.

            These were bomb!! My husband loved them which says alot! We will make there again and again I’m sure! Thanks for the recipe!!!! 🙂

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  13. Teresa says

    October 18, 2011 at 8:51 AM

    Kelly,
    Can you sub out the palm for reg or sucanat in equal amounts?
    I dont buy palm here because it is expensive.
    Also I am trying to cut out wheat and love having recipes like this.
    Thank You!

    Reply
    • KitchenKop says

      October 18, 2011 at 11:07 AM

      Yes, that should be just fine. 🙂

      Reply
  14. Betsy says

    October 18, 2011 at 5:46 AM

    Ooooh! We’re having a neighborhood get-together in a few weeks and I think I know what I’m bringing!

    Reply
  15. Leon @ Organically Thought says

    October 18, 2011 at 2:12 AM

    That looks delicious! And I am going to show the boys the sponge bob pumpkin they are going to love that. My blog was on vacation for the last week getting a make over. I was very stubborn and insisted on writing my own WordPress theme. I was getting traffic from blogging but no one was commenting. I have employed a professionally designed theme that let me make the changes I wanted and now I would love anyone that has a minute to check it out and let me know what you think in the comments.

    Reply
  16. Erin says

    October 18, 2011 at 12:58 AM

    Yippee! I will definitely be trying these, as a year of getting away from the SAD led me to discovering wheat issues for me and mine (sigh). I just broke down and bought a can of pumpkin…now I will be able to resist making pumpkin bread! Thanks so much for sharing!

    Reply

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