Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup vegetable or canola oil
• 15 ounces pumpkin puree, (not pumpkin pie filling)
• 4 eggs, room temperature
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 9 x 13-inch baking pan. In a large bowl, beat
  together the eggs, sugar, oil, and pumpkin until well combined. In a separate
  bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.
• 2 Add the dry ingredients to the wet and gently stir until well combined. Bake for
  28-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let
  cool completely.
• 3 Beat the cream cheese and butter on high until smooth. Beat in the powdered
  sugar, vanilla, and salt until smooth. Do not over-beat. Spread on top of
  completely cooled bars. Cut into bars.

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