Ingredients

  • 1 cup flour
  • 12 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
  • 12 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 12 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups canned pumpkin
  • 12 ounces evaporated milk
  • 2 eggs, slightly beaten
  • 34 cup sugar
  • 14 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 12 teaspoon ginger
  • 14 teaspoon clove
  • 12 cup chopped pecans
  • 12 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 2 tablespoons butter, softened

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Crust:.
  • Combine flour, oats, brown sugar and butter with a fork or pastry blender until the mixture is the texture of fine crumbs.
  • Press in the bottom and slightly up the sides of a 13 x 9 baking pan.
  • Bake for 15 minutes.
  • Filling:.
  • Combine all ingredients and mix well.
  • Pour over crust.
  • Bake for 20 minutes and remove (filling will not be set).
  • Topping:.
  • Combine ingredients in a bowl until well blended.
  • Sprinkle over pumpkin mixture after it has baked for the first 20 minutes.
  • Return dessert to the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until filling is set.
  • Cool in pan, and serve topped with whipped cream.