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

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350°F
  • 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.