Halloween Pumpkin Bars
- 4 eggs
- 3/4 cup of oil
- 2 cups of sugar
- 1 teaspoon McCormick pure vanilla
- 2 cups of pumpkin
- 2 cups of flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Spray a 11 x 17 inch baking pan and set aside
- In a large bowl beat together: eggs,oil,sugar,vanilla and pumpkin.
- In a separate bowl mix: flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
- Using a low speed on the mixer, add dry ingredients to the bowl containing the pumpkin mix. Scrape the sides of the bowl and beat at medium speed until ingredients are well blended. About 1 minute.
- Pour into greased or sprayed pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Cake should spring back when touched gently in the center.
- Cool in pan
- When almost completely cool frost with ghost frosting
- 1 stick of butter beaten with 6 oz cream cheese until smooth and creamy.
- Add 1 box (1 pound)powdered slowly while beating at a low speed. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and beat until creamy. Spread over cake or pipe small ghost shapes over top of cake.
- When cool cut into bars
- Makes approximately 35-40 small bars
eggs, of oil, sugar, vanilla, pumpkin, flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/halloween-pumpkin-bars-1211157 (may not work)