Pumpkin Pie Bars

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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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kims121

posted:11/21/2012

Very good. Made for Thanksgiving dinner at work and had many good comments. Would double the amount of topping next time. I did substitute garbanzo bean flour for the white flour and I didn't have pumpkin pie spice so I used apple pie spice.

kimmerkoss

posted:11/20/2012

Awesome, better than pumpkin pie. I made it for a thankyou treat for work and had eight people ask me for the recipe.

a cook

posted:11/17/2012

a lot was missing.........no flavor at all.

a cook

posted:11/14/2012

More like cheesecake, not so much a bar. Did not like crust

JEFFREYSMOM4

posted:11/13/2012

It was just ok. Didn't think the filling and the crust went well together, also the crust got a little hard. I took it to a pot luck and brought most of it back. I would not make this again.

century50

posted:11/11/2012

Excellent - toasted the pecans with some walnuts, ground the crust ingredients in food processor, came out perfect. Used all other ingredients as directed. This is a nice change from traditional pumpkin pie. Not too sweet! Nice for work or family gatherings. Try it - you'll love it. Easy to make.

krs_02

posted:11/10/2012

It was okay but the pumpkin mixture was blah. If I make it again I'll add more sugar, brown sugar, and maybe some cinnamon to it.

Rini03

posted:11/8/2012

SOOOOOO GOOOOD! Be generous with the Pumpkin Pie Spice and make extra "Topping". I did mine with Walnuts. ;)

honey812

posted:9/22/2012

Soooooo good!!!!! A big crowd pleaser- even my picky daughter loved it! Quick, easy and yummy!

ladyhermit

posted:1/3/2012

First let me say "I do not like pumpkin pie". Was looking for something different than pie for a Christmas desert since the family likes the pie. Thought I would try this as pumpkin is good for us and I will eat pumpkin bread. It went over great with the others and I liked it. I do believe that I will add some graham cracker crumbs and extra nuts in the "crust/topping" mixture when I make it the next time.