Paul's Pumpkin Bars
Description
Paul's pumpkin bars recipe makes a moist, flavorful sheet cake with a good crumb topped with luscious cream cheese icing for the ultimate fall treat.
Ingredients
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1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
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1 2/3 cups white sugar
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1 cup vegetable oil
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4 large eggs
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
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2 teaspoons baking powder
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 teaspoon salt
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1/2 cup butter, softened
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1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2
Beat pumpkin, sugar, oil, and eggs together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until well combined.
3
Sift flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a separate large bowl.
4
Stir flour mixture into pumpkin mixture until well combined.
5
Spread batter evenly in an ungreased 10x15-inch jelly roll pan.
6
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove cake from the oven; let cool.
7
Beat butter and cream cheese together in a medium bowl until smooth; stir in vanilla extract. Gradually add confectioners' sugar, beating until frosting is smooth.
8
Spread frosting evenly on cake. Cut into 24 squares.