Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Who doesn't like Pumpkin Bars? Delicious and moist, they hit the spot for a quick dessert or a snack. They keep well...but at my house, they don't last long.

Ingredients

4 eggs

1 2/3 cups sugar

1 cup oil

1 15 oz. can pumpkin

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

*****Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients*****

1 8 oz. pkg cream cheese

1 cup butter or margarine, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla

4 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

In mixing bowl, beat together egg, sugar, oil and pumpkin until light and fluffly. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and soda. Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and mix thoroughly. Spread batter in an ungreased 15" by 10" pan (jellyroll pan). Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Cool. Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting. Cut into bars.

*****Cream Cheese Frosting Instructions*****

Cream together cheese and butter. Stir in vanilla and powdered sugar a little at a time, beating until smooth.

Note: I keep the bars in a covered container in the refrigerator.