Pumpkin Bars

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Unexpected ingredients like dried cranberries and a cream cheese frosting complete these festive bars.

Ingredients

  • 2 C. flour
  • 2 C. sugar
  • 1 Tbs. ground cinnamon
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
  • 1 (15-oz.) can pumpkin puree
  • 4 large eggs
  • 3/4 C. canola oil
  • 1 C. raisins or dried cranberries or cherries
  • Frosting:
  • 6 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 C. powdered sugar
  • 1/3 C. butter, room temperature

Directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9- by 13-inch baking pan. Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cloves in large bowl. Add the pumpkin, eggs and oil and beat until well blended. Spread the batter in the prepared pan. Bake until done, about 35 minutes. Cool in pan. While the cake is baking, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar and butter in medium bowl. When the cake is cool, spread frosting over it in a thin layer. Press raisins into the frosting in whatever patterns you like. Cut into bars and serve.

Yields 24 servings.

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