Thursday, April 17, 2008

Pumpkin Bars

My all time favorite from Karen! Every bake sale we have at work, she brings these in for me because she knows they are my favorite. They are wonderful!


Pumpkin Bars
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2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
4 eggs
1 15oz. can pumpkin
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon

Icing:
1 8oz. cream cheese, softened
6 tbsp. butter or margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
3 cups powdered sugar


In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat together sugar, oil, eggs, and pumpkin. Gradually add flour mixture, and beat until just combined. Pour mixture into a greased 15x10x1 in. jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool.
For icing, mix together cream cheese, butter, vanilla and powdered sugar until smooth. Spread over cooled pumpkin bars. Cut into bars and store in the refrigerator. Makes 12-16 bars.

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