Pumpkin Pie Bars

photo by:kraft

Crunchy oat-nut crust, cream cheese in the filling and sweet crumbs combine to take pumpkin pie to a new and even more delicious level.

time

prep:

15 min

total:

55 min

servings

total:

24 servings

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What You Need

1-1/3

cups flour

3/4

cup granulated sugar, divided

1/2

cup packed brown sugar

3/4

cup cold butter or margarine, cut up

cup old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats, uncooked

1/2

cup chopped PLANTERS Pecans

pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

eggs

can (15 oz.) pumpkin

Tbsp. pumpkin pie spice

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F.

LINE 13x9-inch pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides; spray with cooking spray. Mix flour, 1/4 cup granulated sugar and brown sugar in medium bowl until blended; cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in oats and nuts.

RESERVE 1 cup oat mixture; press remaining onto bottom of prepared pan. Bake 15 min. Beat cream cheese, remaining sugar, eggs, pumpkin and spice with mixer until blended; pour over crust. Sprinkle with reserved oat mixture.

BAKE 25 min.; cool 10 min. Use foil to transfer dessert from pan to wire rack; cool completely.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Substitute

Prepare using PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese.

Substitute

Can't find pumpkin pie spice? Simply mix 1 tsp. each ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg and allspice, then use as directed.

How to Store

Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator.

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a cook

posted:11/25/2005

A coworker and I just made this. Wish we read the comments first. Definitely needed more taste to the pumpkin. Cream cheese didn't blend well. Wouldn't make it again.

sarog72

posted:11/23/2005

Yummy! I took a lot of the suggestions from others. I doubled the sugar in the pumpkin, and I also used butter-flavored crisco in the crust so it would stay crispier, and I also used have whole wheat flour. I noticed that some said the middle didn't get done, so I made it in two smaller square dishes, and it cooked perfectly. I'd definitely suggest this one!

jswinks

posted:11/23/2005

I should have read the other comments, not quite sweet enough, and there were still globs of cream cheese. But overall very good, a little different than regular pumpkin pie w/ the cream cheese flavor. I wound up broiling for an extra 10 mins to brown the topping. Has texture more like an apple crisp.

sunset122

posted:11/23/2005

I made these for a party and EVERYONE loved them! Everyone asked for the recipe. I reluctantly gave it up, because I did not want everyone to know how easy they were to make.

swtpea11

posted:11/21/2005

I took the advice from a few other posts. I used a whole cup of sugar in the pumpkin batter, softened the cream cheese and mixed the eggs and sugar with the it then added the pumpkin, and baked them for 35 mins. They even look like the picture. They are a huge it in our family. I will definitely be adding this to my favorites.

nouart

posted:11/21/2005

Very easy to make and very tasty. My husband thought they were great and I can make them often to suit him. Will definitely make again.

eley3

posted:11/21/2005

I made this for our Thanksgiving feast at work, it was a huge hit. I will be making it again for my Thanksgiving dinner with my family...only thing I would change is adding fresh whipped cream!!

twestphal

posted:11/21/2005

I made two batches of these last night and both were very good. One reviewer commented on how the cream cheese didn't mix well with the pumpkin and another about how it needed more sugar. Both were correct. Although the first batch was good, with my second batch I beat the cream cheese separately with the sugar and eggs before adding it to the pumpkin and added an extra ½ cup sugar to the pumpkin mixture. This made them perfect! They are really tasty and I will make them again but they have a few kinks to be worked out. I may have used the cream cheese while it was still too cold, I recommend making sure that the cream cheese is really soft or using the whipped variety.

a cook

posted:11/20/2005

These pumpkin bars were good. They did have an odd taste to them though. They didn't taste like I thought they would. You either like them or your don't. I had to cook them an extra 10 minutes and I didn't put any crumbs aside for the top instead I made a seperate batch for the top. That was much better!

ei2

posted:11/20/2005

My family loved these bars. They were easy to make and tasted great. I liked the fact they were not real sweet.