YUMMY FALL RECIPE

HARVEST PUMPKIN BARS

(Recipe from Land O'Lakes)

Ingredients:

1 and 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup butter - softened
1 can (15 oz.) pumpkin
4 eggs
2 1/4 cup flour
2 tsps. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
Powered sugar

Directions:

1) Heat oven to 350*. Combine sugar, butter, pumpkin, and eggs in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until well-mixed (2 to 3 minutes). Reduce speed to low, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Beat, scraping bowl often, until well-mixed.

2) Pour into 15 x 10 x 1-inch jelly roll pan. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.

3) Place doily over cooled pumpkin bars. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, carefully remove doily, then cut into bars.