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Pumpkin Bar Icing

Rated as 4.77 out of 5 Stars
104 made it  |  65 reviews   |  6 photos

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"An easy way to make cream cheese icing!"
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Ingredients

servings 57
Original recipe yields 36 servings (3 cups)

Directions

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  1. Cream together butter or margarine with the cream cheese. Then stir in vanilla.
  2. Next, add the powdered sugar, slowly, keep beating until mixture is smooth.
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Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 57 calories; 3.4 6.7 0.2 9 25 Full nutrition

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I gave this 3 stars for the recipe as is. But after I added 1/4 teaspoon each of pumpkin spice, cinnamon, and nutmeg I give it 5 stars!! Absolutely scrumptious!!

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Most helpful critical review

If you are looking for cream cheese icing, this isn't it. It's more like cream cheese frosting. I added a lot more cream cheese to make it more like the classic icing your grandma makes.

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I gave this 3 stars for the recipe as is. But after I added 1/4 teaspoon each of pumpkin spice, cinnamon, and nutmeg I give it 5 stars!! Absolutely scrumptious!!

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I doubled this recipe and used it to icing 6 dozen pumpkin cookies I made. The icing was smooth and had great taste. I did add a extra 1/2 cup confectioners sugar. I got the pumpking cookie reci...

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Delicious Icing!!! It doesn't take a lot of ingredients and can be used on a number of different baking treats. I would up the amount of cream cheese depending on which item you're frosting. ...

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Great recipe and so so simple... I added 1 tsp of cinnamon to give it a little kick and topped my pumpkin spice cake with it :)

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Made it with the pumpking bars and it was yummy. I doubled the recipe for the two 13x9 pan's.

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At first I thought there was WAY too much sugar, but boy was I wrong! This is just perfect! Thanks!

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Great with the pumpkin bars!!

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I made this to frost pumpkin pie squares and it was a hit. I added 1 tbsp of milk, to make sure the frosting stayed creamy rather than too firm because I made it the night before. Was wonderful...

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Very good, quick and easy! Added a bit of cinnamon, which changed the color a bit but it turned out very well!

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