St. Louis is Always Fun!

I didn't get a chance to blog while I was in St. Louis. We were so busy.

Butch and I left at 5:45 on Friday morning. We took the scenic route this time just for a change of pace and met Jeanne and Janice at Uncle Jules and Aunt Irma's in Arnold, MO. We had a really nice visit with them. Aunt Irma has been blind for 8 years now. It's amazing how she gets around her house. She had a huge collection of Armani figurines everywhere, yet she doesn't bump in to any of the table they are on. I mentioned how well she gets around. She said it's her house and she knows it.

Uncle Jules goes in to the hospital next week for test. If he passes them, he is eligible for a procedure that will 100% CURE his cancer. His doctor has never performed it on a 77 year old man. That's why he has to take the tests. We're praying that all goes well. As the doctor said, he's 77 going on 57. You would never know he's sick.

After having lunch with Uncle Jules, we went on to the hotel. Walter picked up Butch and Nicky to play poker that night while we girls went over to Jeanne's for our usual Zimmermann party. We always need to order St. Louis pizza, salad and toasted ravioli. Jeanne made pumpkin bars and the kids went crazy over them. It reminded me that I hadn't made them in years. Here's the recipe I cut out of the newspaper in the mid 1970's. Jeanne's recipe tasted exactly the same. Heck, I might have even given her the recipe.

Paul's Pumpkin Bars (I have no idea who Paul is---that's the name that was on the original recipe from the paper.

4 eggs
1 2/3 cups granulated sugar
1 cup oil
1-16 oz. can pumpkin
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1-3 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup margarine, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups, sifted powdered sugar

Beat together eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin till light and fluffy. Stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and soda. Add to pumpkin mixture and mix thoroughly. Spread batter n ungreased 15x10x1 inch pan. Bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool. Frost with cream cheese icing. Cut in bars.

To make cream cheese icing:
Cream together cream cheese and margarine. Stir in vanilla. Add powdered sugar a little at a time, beating well till mixture is smooth.

More to come...