#978 - Pumpkin Pie Squares

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 1/3 cups flour
1/2 cup Domino's dark brown sugar (packed)
3/4 cup white sugar
1 1/2 sticks butter
1 cup Quaker quick oats (raw)
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 - 8oz. Philadelphia cream cheese (softened)
3 eggs
1 - 15oz. can Libby's pumpkin
1 TBSP pumpkin pie spice

In a bowl add flour, brown sugar and 1/4 cup white sugar--stir. Add the butter and use two table knives to blend the mixture into crumbs. Add oats and pecans to the crumbs--stir. Remove 1 cup of the crumb mixture--reserve for later. Press the rest of the crumb mixture into the bottom of a greased 9 x 13 cake pan. Use the back of a large spoon to smooth out the crust. Bake the crust at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. In a mixer add cream cheese, 1/2 cup white sugar, eggs--beat. Add pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice--beat until smooth. When crust is done, remove it from oven and pour the cream cheese batter on the crust. Sprinkle the reserved crumbs on top. Return to oven and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Cool completely, then refrigerate overnight before cutting into squares.