Have you noticed the wonderful cool weather. Fall is here or at least just around the corner. One of the recipes that one of you so generously sent to me had some poetry quoted about the fall. These recipes came from Wisconsin via New York. One of the recipes was Apple Dumplings; another was pumpkin bars. You always think about apples and pumpkins for the Fall. You can add your own recipes in the cooking forum if you care too.

The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry's cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.
-Emily Dickinson-

And -

Come said the wind to the leaves one day,
Come o're the meadows and we will play.
Put on your dresses scarlet and gold,
For summer is gone and the days grow old.

Pumpkin Bars

2 cups sugar
1/2 cup oil
1 -16 oz can pumpkin
4 eggs beaten
2 cups Bisquick
1/2 cup raisins
3/4 cup pecans, opt.

In large mixing bowl beat together sugar, oil, pumpkin, and eggs for one minute at medium speed. Stir in the rest of the ingredients and pour into a 9x13 lightly greased pan. Bake at 350 degrees about 25 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.

Frosting:
1 -3 oz pkg cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup margarine, softened
1 T. milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar
Mix first 4 ingredients, add sugar and beat until smooth. Spread over cooled cake.