Take Your Pumpkin Pie To Go With This Crazy-delish Recipe - Fashion Labels

We may have Joy the Baker's infamous "Man Bait" Apple Crisp recipe committed to memory, but it's not the only reason we're loyal to this self-taught dessert maven. Joy's hilariously soulful commentary, undying devotion to butter, and her steadfast belief that cake is a perfectly acceptable breakfast choice is what really keeps us coming back for more.

Every once in a while, a recipe deserves a re-do. I originally posted this recipe in fall of 2008, just a few months into the life of my blog. I was trying to figure out my photography style. I was trying to figure out what a dang blog was. I was trying to find my voice on the internet. I was trying my hardest not to be a hot mess.

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I decided that this dish is just too good to suffer from hot-mess-ed-ness. Hot-mess-ed-ness is a real word (mostly because it’s a real thing that happens). The recipe has a mostly infallible list of ingredients that includes pumpkin and cream cheese. These are two great ingredients that in combination are utterly lovely and, you know, festive! It has taken me almost four years to realize that these bars were missing a certain sort of greatness, but I’ve figured it out. As is the case in improving most things in life... we’re going to need more crust. More dang crust!

Let's go!

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