Pumpkin Blondies

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 3/4 cup butter, melted
• 3 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 cup cinnamon chips, or more to taste

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9×13-inch baking pan with aluminum foil with about 1 inch hanging over the edges for 'handles'. Spray foil with cooking spray.

Beat brown sugar and butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth; beat in 2 eggs until combined. Beat 1 more egg and vanilla extract into brown sugar mixture until combined. Stir flour and baking powder together in a separate bowl; stir into brown sugar mixture until batter is smooth.

Beat cream cheese in a separate bowl with an electric mixer until smooth; beat in remaining 1 egg until just combined. Beat pumpkin puree into cream cheese mixture; stir in pumpkin pie spice.

Spread 2/3 the batter into the prepared baking pan. Drop spoonfuls of pumpkin mixture over batter; top with spoonfuls of remaining 1/3 batter and swirl together with a butter knife. Sprinkle cinnamon chips over batter-pumpkin mixture.

Bake in the preheated oven until blondies are lightly browned on the edges, about 30 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into bars.