Shashan's Pumpkin Bars

Bar Ingredients:
4 eggs
1 2/3 c. sugar
1 c. cooking oil
16 oz can pumpkin
2 c. all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda


Cream Cheese Icing Ingredients:
3 oz. package cream cheese
1/2 c. margarine, softened
1 tsp vanilla 
2 c. powdered sugar

In mixer bowl, beat together eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until light and fluffy.  Sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and soda.  Add pumpkin mixture and mix thoroughly.  Spread batter in (I sprayed the pan with Pam baking spray....the one with the flour in it) 8x10x1 inch baking pan (I used a regular cake pan.  11x13).

You can add raisins to the mixture.

Bake at 350 degrees 25-30 minutes.  Cool.  Frost with cream cheese icing.  Cut into bars.  Makes 2 dozen bars.

To make icing:

Cream together cream cheese and margarine.  Stir in vanilla.  Add powdered sugar, a little at a time and beat until mixture is smooth.  Spread on baked pumpkin.  When icing sets, cut into bars