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Kay's Pumpkin Bars


It is finally fall and here is a recipe that I would make for my parents. My mother, who was not a big sweets eater, loved them. I hope you enjoy them as well.

Ingredients
Bars:
4 eggs
1 2/3 c. granulated sugar
1 c. vegetable oil
15-ounce can pumpkin
2 c. sifted all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. chopped pecans or walnuts
1/4 c. golden raisins

Icing:
8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. butter or margarine, softened
2 c. sifted confectioners' sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 c. finely chopped pecans or walnuts

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Using an electric mixer at medium speed, combine the eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until light and fluffy. Stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon,nutmeg,ginger salt and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and mix at low speed until thoroughly combined and the batter is smooth. Fold in nuts and raisins. Spread the batter into a greased 13 by 10-inch baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting. Cut into bars.

To make the icing: Combine the cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add the sugar and mix at low speed until combined. Stir in the vanilla and mix again. Spread on cooled pumpkin bars. Sprinkle chopped nuts on top of icing.

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