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Pumpkin Bars with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

Quick Facts

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Bake Time: 35 minutes
Cool Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 32 bars

Ingredients

Pumpkin Bars

  • 4 eggs, slightly beaten
  • 3/4 cup Mazola® Corn Oil
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons Argo® Baking Powder
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt

Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 tablespoon orange juice
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons orange peel
  • 4 cups powdered sugar

Directions

  1. Blend the eggs, oil, sugar, and pumpkin in a large mixing bowl; set aside. Stir together dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture and beat until well blended.

    Pour into a greased and floured 15 x 10-inch jelly roll pan. Bake at 350°F for 35 minutes or until center springs back when touched. Cool. Spread with Orange-Cream Cheese Frosting.  Cut into bars.

    Orange-Cream Cheese Frosting:
    Beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add remaining ingredients and beat until smooth.  Spread over cooled pumpkin bars.