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Pumpkin-Raisin Bars
 
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 35 Minutes
Ready In: 55 Minutes
Servings: 4
(Bon Appetit, January 1998)
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
4 eggs
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup raisins
4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar
1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, room temperature
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
2. Grease baking sheet (15 1/2x10 1/2 for bars or 10 x 13 pan for cake like-squares) Stir first 8 ingredients together (flour- cloves) in large bowl to blend.
3. Add pumpkin, eggs and oil and beat until blended.
4. Stir in raisins.
5. Spread batter in pan.
6. Bake until done, 25 minutes for bars or 35 minutes for squares-depending on size of pan.
7. Cool.
8. Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar and butter in bowl to blend.
9. Spread frosting over cake in pan.
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