Pumpkin Pie Bars

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups flour
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup sugar, divided
• 3/4 cup cold butter or margarine
• 1 cup old fashioned oats or quick-cooking oat, uncooked
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 3 eggs

• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350°F

2. 2

   Line 13x9-inch baking pan with foil, overlapping the sides of the pan with foil to allow easy removal of the bars later. Grease foil lining.

3. 3

   Mix flour, brown sugar and 1/4 cup of the sugar.

4. 4

   Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

5. 5

   Stir in oats and pecans. Reserve 1 cup of the oat mixture.

6. 6

   Press remaining mixture onto bottom of pan. Bake 15 minute.

7. 7

   Beat cream cheese, remaining 1/2 cup sugar, eggs, pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice until well blended.

8. 8

   Pour over crust; sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.

9. 9

   Bake 25 minute

10. 10

    Lift from pan using foil handles; cool completely.