Pumpkin Bars

I got this recipe from my s-i-l Cody and made some last night- delicious!

Ingredients:

4 eggs

1 2/3 c. sugar

1 c. oil

1 1/2 - 2 c. pumpkin

2 c. flour

2 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking soda

Directions:

Mix together. Spread batter in ungreased 15x10x1 in. baking pan. (*I think the cookie sheet I used was bigger than that, but it worked.) Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 min. (*Since my pan was bigger, I only needed to bake it for 22 min.) Cool completely and frost.

Cream Cheese Frosting

3 oz. cream cheese

1/2 c. softened butter or margarine

1 tsp. vanilla

2 c. powdered sugar

Mix cream cheese and butter with beaters first. Add vanilla and powdered sugar.

The Best Pumpkin Bread (Without Chocolate Chips Even!)

Wes and I made this today for some friends of ours. We found this recipe on the internet. We chose to use it for two reasons: First, because it had no less than 3,820 reviews and 5 stars. And second, because 96,450 people have saved it.... that's a lot of people, guys.

Ingredients:
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
3 cups white sugar
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.
2. In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans.
3. Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Enjoy!