These easy gingerbread cookie bars start with sugar cookie mix, molasses and a medley of spices, and are finished with a delicious homemade cream cheese frosting.
Gingerbread Cookie Bars
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 2 hr 20 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 14
Ingredients
Gingerbread Bar
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- 1/4 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 eggs
- 3 tablespoons mild-flavor (light) molasses
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 6 oz cream cheese, softened (from 8-oz package)
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
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Step2In medium bowl, mix Gingerbread Bar ingredients until mixed well. Spread evenly in pan (mixture will be thick). Bake 20 to 23 minutes or until set and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 45 minutes.
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Step3In large bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/3 cup softened butter with electric mixer on medium speed 1 to 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally, until smooth and creamy. Beat in vanilla and powdered sugar until frosting is smooth and spreadable.
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Step4Spread frosting on top of cooled bars; sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Refrigerate 1 hour before serving. To serve, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.
Nutrition
240
Calories
10g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
33g
Total Carbohydrate
24g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 240
- Calories from Fat
- 90
- Total Fat
- 10g
- 16%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 30%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 40mg
- 13%
- Sodium
- 140mg
- 6%
- Potassium
- 70mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 33g
- 11%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 24g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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