Pumpkin Bars With Cream Cheese Icing

Submitted by LDSMom128

"My Friend's family has been making this for years and I finally got the recipe from her. The texture is more like a cake I think, and they are so good! Enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 10-12

ingredients

• For the Bars

• 4 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

• For the Cream Cheese Icing

• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 3⁄4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12x18 inch half sheet pan.
2. In a large bowl, using a wooden spoon, mix together the eggs, oil, sugar and pumpkin until well blended. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and nutmeg; stir into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.
3. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until bars spring back when lightly touched. Cool before cutting into bars.
4. To make the frosting In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Fold in whipped topping. Option: Add chopped walnuts on the top as a garnish.