Pumpkin Pie Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F
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.
Mix flour, brown sugar and 1/4 cup of the sugar.
Cut in butter 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 minute.
Beat cream cheese, remaining 1/2 cup sugar, eggs, pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice until well blended.
Pour over crust; sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
Bake 25 minute
Lift from pan using foil handles; cool completely.