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pumpkin bars all time favorite by freda

(3 ratings)
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Recipe by
FREDA GABLE
@cookin4me
Vanc. (born in Savannah, Ga), WA

These Bars were "my Kids all time Favorite". I got this recipe from a gal in a small Mid West town in Illinois, in the 70's. These can be made Plain or with raisins, dates and or nuts. They make a large pan of 1 X 3" bars.

(3 ratings)
yield 48 bars
prep time 15 Min
cook time 40 Min

Ingredients For pumpkin bars all time favorite by freda

  • ALL TIME FAVORITE PUMPKIN BARS
  • COMBINE WET INGREDIENTS IN LARGE BOWL.
  • 2 Cups
    sugar
  • 4 lg
    eggs
  • 1 Cup
    veg. oil
  • 1 can
    16 oz pumpkin, ( not pumpkin pie filling)
  • IN SEPERATE BOWL COMBINE DRY INGREDIENTS
  • 2 Cups
    flour
  • 1 tsp
    baking pdr
  • 2 tsp
    baking soda
  • 2 tsp
    cinnamon
  • dash of salt
  • 1 C ea
    nust and raisins blended with 1 tbs flour optional
  • CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
  • 1/4 Cup
    butter
  • 8 oz Pkg
    cream cheese softened @ room temp
  • 1 lb
    pdr sugar
  • 2 tsp
    vanilla
  • 1-2 tsp
    milk . . as needed to consistency

How To Make pumpkin bars all time favorite by freda

  • 1
    Preheat Oven @ 350 grease and flour 10 X 15 pan
  • 2
    Mix all wet ingredients for Bars in bowl, Measure all Dry ingredients in seperate bowl, add to wet ingredients stir only til blended do not over beat. Add Nuts and Raisens if desired and just fold in to batter. DO NOT OVER BEAT.
  • 3
    Pour into Jelly roll pan with an edge. Spread. Bake 35-40 min @ 350 or til toothpick comes out clean. . . Cool well before frosting
  • 4
    As cake cools, Mix Frosting; blend Butter, Cream cheese,Sugar and Vanilla. Spread on cooled Pumpkin bars, Top with Chopped Nuts if desired. Slice 6 X 8 slices to make 48 bars.
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