Pumpkin Bars

(from castro15’s recipe box)

Categories: Desserts

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp. baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 4 eggs
  • 15 oz. can pumpkin
  • 1 2/3 cups sugar
  • 1 cup cooking oil
  • 3/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted
  • 1 recipe Cream Cheese Frosting (see recipe)
  • Pecan halves, toasted

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

  2. In a large mixing bowl, beat together eggs, pumpkin, sugar, and oil. Add flour mixture to egg mixture; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until mixed. Stir in chopped pecans.

  3. Spread batter in an ungreased 15×10×1-inch baking pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack.

  4. Prepare cream cheese frosting; frost baked layer. Top with pecan halves. Cut into bars. Store in refrigerator.

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