Recipe

Pumpkin Spice Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients:

4 large eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 can (15 oz) pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1 cup raisins (optional)

1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar

Crushed walnuts

How To:

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease bottom and sides of jelly roll pan. Beat eggs, sugar, oil, and pumpkin in a large bowl until smooth. Stir in flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. Stir in raisins, if using them. Spread in pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until light brown. Cool completely in pan on wire rack, about 2 hours. While cooling, prepare the frosting. Beat cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in medium bowl with electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Gradually beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, on low speed until smooth and spreadable. Frost the bars and sprinkle with walnuts. Cut into 7 rows by 7 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

*I used a 13 x 9 pyrex pan, and it worked fine. I did not add the raisins, so I don't know if that actually tastes good! :) I also cheated and used canned frosting in the picture. Baby = Lack of spare time to make homemade frosting, heehee.