Double-Quick Pumpkin Bars
Makes
about 36
For the bars:
1 cup vegetable oil
4 large eggs
2 cups
granulated sugar
2 cups canned pumpkin
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2
teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2
cups all-purpose flour
For the frosting:
3 ounces cream cheese,
softened
6 tablespoons margarine, softened
1 teaspoon milk
1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
2 cups powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350F. In a large mixing bowl, beat together
oil, eggs and sugar until mixture is creamy. Add remaining bar ingredients and
mix well. Pour batter into an ungreased 15 x 10-inch jelly roll pan. Bake 20 to
25 minutes. Cool completely and frost with cream cheese frosting.
To make
frosting, beat together all the frosting ingredients until creamy. Spread on
cooled, uncut cookies. After frosting has set, cut into equal size bars.
Store any leftover bars, covered, in the refrigerator.
