Pumpkin White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie Dough Bars

That is a mouthful but it's an extremely tasty mouthful. Ehhhh, anyway Happy Monday! Not so sure if it's really happy but still, it's a new week and you can start it off with this amazing Fall inspired dessert. Since Saturday was officially the first day of Fall we can now officially have pumpkin in our food, right? That's what I tell myself at least but I did have one slip up which involved some pumpkin and cheesecake a couple weeks ago. There was one little minor detail though that really stopped me from having pumpkin in my food. The grocery store somehow did not have any pumpkin puree! How on Earth is that possible? It's late September and they don't have any!?!? I had to settle for canned sweet potatoes. At first I was a little skeptical of sweet potatoes but I really shouldn't have been because they still tasted just as fantastic. With that being said, the initial idea for this recipe was pumpkin so if that's what you want by all means use pumpkin. But if you're feeling adventurous go ahead and try it with sweet potato, you won't be disappointed.

Pumpkin White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie Dough Bars

Yield ~25 bars

4 tablespoons unsalted softened butter

1/4 cup oil

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

1/2 cup pumpkin puree

1 large egg

1 cup flour

1/2 cup oats

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup white chocolate chips

8 tablespoons unsalted softened butter

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

1/2 cup pumpkin puree

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup flour

1/2 cup oats

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 cup white chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl cream the butter, oil, and sugars together. Next add in the pumpkin and egg. Add in all the dry ingredients (oats, flour, salt, baking soda) then fold in the white chocolate chips. Line 8x8 baking dish with aluminum foil, then pour dough in and level it out. Bake for 35 minutes or until tooth pick inserted into middle comes out clean. Meanwhile in another bowl cream together the butter and sugars, then add in the vanilla and pumpkin. Once again mix in all the dry ingredients and fold the white chocolate chips in. Once the baked cookie part is cooled, remove it by flipping it from the dish and place it on a cutting board. Cover it with the cookie dough, then slice into squares.