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    • Pumpkin Cake Bars

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    Eggs 1 Servings

    INGREDIENTS

    4 Eggs, well beaten
    2 c Cooked pumpkin or
    1 cn (16 ounces) pumpkin
    1 1/2 c Sugar
    1/4 ts Salt
    1 ts Ginger*
    1 ts Cinnamon
    1/2 ts Cloves
    1 Yellow cake mix
    1/2 c Butter, melted
    1 c Chopped pecans

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Mix eggs, pumpkin, sugar, salt, spices all together. Pour into a very
lightly sprayed 13x9 inch pan. Sprinkle dry cake mix on top. Drizzle melted
butter over mix; spread chopped nuts over all. Bake at
325    for 1 hour and 20 minutes.** Cool completely and cut into
squares. Yield: 24
*I only used nutmeg and cinnamon and didn't measure it, just went by looks.
**Cover with foil loosely to keep from browning too soon for the first half
of cooking time.  This length of cooking time is needed for this recipe.
Posted to EAT-L Digest  1 November 96
Date:    Sat, 2 Nov 1996 10:39:39 -0600
From:    Pam and KerryAnn Cobb <priss@AMARANTH.COM>

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