"Pumpkin Bars" by Kari Risley

Bars:
- 4 eggs
- 1 2/3 cups gradulated sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 15 oz can pumpkin
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. baking soda

Icing:
- 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 2 cups sifted powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract

*Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using an electric mixer at medium speed, combine eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until light and fluffy. Stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and mix at low speed until thoroughly combined and the batter is smooth. Spread the batter into a greased 9x13 baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting. Cut into bars.

*To make the icing: Combine the cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add the sugar and mix at low speed until combined. Stir in the vanilla and mix again. Spread on cooled pumpkin bars.