Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

My girl enjoying the frosting on the beater!


Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 1 2/3 cups white sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  
• 1 teaspoon salt

Frosting- make more if you want!!!

• 6 ounce package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
• In a medium bowl, mix the eggs, sugar, oil, and pumpkin with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Stir into the pumpkin mixture until thoroughly combined.
• Spread the batter evenly into an ungreased 10x15 inch jellyroll pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in preheated oven. Cool before frosting.
• To make the frosting, cream together the cream cheese and butter. Stir in vanilla. Add confectioners' sugar a little at a time, beating until mixture is smooth. Spread evenly on top of the cooled bars. Cut into squares.

This is definitely a a fall recipe- I only allow myself to make it between Sept-Nov even though it is good year-round. My co-workers appreciated me bringing them in! I hope you love them too. Im convinced this may be a mid-west tradition because when I lived in NJ and made them people seemed unsure to try them!