Pumpkin-raisin Bars

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

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

Recipe

• 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.