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1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray an 8x8 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray and set it aside.
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2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Set aside.
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3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together egg, brown sugar, and sugar substitute. Add in yogurt, butter, and vanilla. Beat until creamy. Slowly add in dry ingredients and beat until combined.
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4. Add in pumpkin and beat until combined.
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5. Spread about half of the batter into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
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6. Bake for 10 minutes. While it's baking you can make the salted caramel.
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7. In a medium saucepan, stir together brown sugar and half-and-half. Over medium heat, bring mixture to a boil. Stirring constantly, allow sugar mixture to boil until sugar has dissolved and mixture has turned dark brown. This will take about 3 minutes. Stir in butter and salt. Remove from heat and continue stirring for another two minutes to cool the mixture.
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8. When bars are done remove them from the oven. Drizzle about 1/4 cup of the salted caramel mixture over the top of the pumpkin bars and spread with a spoon. Spread remaining pumpkin batter over the top. Drizzle remaining two tablespoons of salted caramel mixture over top.
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9. Bake for another 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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10. Remove the pan from the oven and allow bars to cool for 10 minutes before cutting into slices.
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11. Store leftovers in an airtight container.
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* If you want extra to drizzle more salted caramel over the bars when serving, halve the ingredients for the salted caramel and make another small batch right before serving.
