Pumpkin-Raisin Bars

Submitted by ellie_

"(Bon Appetit, January 1998)"

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Yields: 24 bars

ingredients

• 473.18 ml flour
• 473.18 ml sugar
• 14.79 ml cinnamon
• 9.85 ml baking powder
• 4.92 ml baking soda
• 4.92 ml salt
• 1.23 ml nutmeg
• 1.23 ml ground cloves
• 425.24 g can pumpkin
• 4 eggs
• 177.44 ml vegetable oil
• 236.59 ml raisins
• 113.39 g cream cheese, room temperature
• 236.59 ml powdered sugar
• 78.78 ml butter or 78.78 ml margarine, room temperature

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
2. Grease baking sheet (15 1/2x10 1/2 for bars or 10 x 13 pan for cake like-squares) Stir first 8 ingredients together (flour- cloves) in large bowl to blend.
3. Add pumpkin, eggs and oil and beat until blended.
4. Stir in raisins.
5. Spread batter in pan.
6. Bake until done, 25 minutes for bars or 35 minutes for squares--depending on size of pan.
7. Cool.
8. Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar and butter in bowl to blend.
9. Spread frosting over cake in pan.

Reviews

[KerfuffleUponWincle]

Very moist, and delicious! I did not add the raisins, and I didn't have cloves. I used Neufchâtel cheese in the frosting, doubled the recipe, added a bit of lemon juice, and topped with toasted pecans. I baked in a Pyrex 13x9 dish at 325F for 30 minutes. Tagged for Rookie Recipes, due 05/03/14.

 

[M R.8418]

Delicious - Moist -Easy - Fabulous. I will definately be putting this in my collection. It reminds me of carrot cake without all the work. I used the 10 x 13 pan for the cake option. It is hard to resist going for a second serving.