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Pumpkin Bar's

Moist pumpkin bars with thick cream cheese frosting - a perfect fall treat!
Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time30 mins
Course: Dessert
Keyword: baking, fall dessert, pumpkin, pumpkin bars

Ingredients

For the bars

  • 4 eggs
  • 1 2/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 16 oz canned pumpkin
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts optional

For the frosting

  • 3 oz cream cheese
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups sifted powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Beat eggs, sugar, oil, and pumpkin until light and fluffy
  • In a seperate bowl stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda.
  • Add dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture
  • Stir in nuts (if using)
  • Pour batter into an ungreased 15"x10"1" baking pan
  • Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
  • Make the frosting: cream together cream cheese, margarine, then add vanilla. Add powdered sugar a little at a time beating until the mixture is smooth.
  • Frost cooled pumpkin bars and serve!

Notes

I used a 9" square baking pan because that is what I had. I adjusted the cooking time to approx. 35 minutes to account for the thicker bars.