Pumpkin Pie Bars

By sandy_h

From Kraft Foods

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups flour
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar, divided
• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) cold butter or margarine
• 1 cup old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats, uncooked
• 1/2 cup chopped Planters pecans
• 1 package (8-ounce) Philadelphia cream cheese, softened
• 3 eggs
• 1 can (15-ounce) pumpkin
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• Note: If you can’t find pumpkin pie spice, combine 1 teaspoon each ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, and allspice.

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Line 13x9-inch baking pan with foil; grease foil lining.

Mix flour, brown sugar, and ¼ cup of the granulated sugar in medium bowl; cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in oats and pecans. Reserve 1 cup of the oat mixture; press remaining mixture onto bottom of pan. Bake 15 minutes.

Beat cream cheese, remaining ½ cup sugar, eggs, pumpkin, and pumpkin pie spice in small bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Pour over crust; sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.

Bake 25 minutes. Lift from pan using foil handles; cool completely. Cut into 24 bars.