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Pumpkin Bars with Streusel Topping

Three scrumptious layers of comforting pumpkin, oatmeal, and fall spices. These easy pumpkin bars with streusel topping are a fall favorite!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings: 12
Course: Dessert
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Crust
  • Oil or shortening for greasing the baking dish
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1/3 cup light brown sugar packed
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
Pumpkin Filling
  • 15 ounces canned pumpkin
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup evaporated milk
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
Streusel Topping
  • 6 tablespoons light brown sugar packed
  • 6 tablespoons flour
  • 1/3 cup rolled oats
  • 1/4 cup butter cold
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 sprinkle ground nutmeg
  • 1 sprinkle ground ginger
  • 1 sprinkle ground cloves

Method
 

For the crust:
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Grease a 9-inch square baking dish and set aside.
  3. Beat the softened butter with the brown sugar until creamy, about two minutes.
  4. Add to the butter mixture the flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt. Mix just until combined and press into the prepared pan.
  5. Bake the crust for 10 minutes.
For the pumpkin filling:
  1. While the crust bakes, mix together the pumpkin, white sugar, egg, evaporated milk, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and salt.
  2. Spread pumpkin mix evenly over baked crust.
For the streusel topping:
  1. Combine the brown sugar, flour, rolled oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves.
  2. With a fork or pastry cutter, cut in the cold diced butter until the mixture is crumbly.
  3. Sprinkle the topping evenly over the pumpkin mixture.
  4. Bake 50-60 minutes.
  5. Cool before serving. May also be refrigerated.