Dutch Pumpkin Bars

 

By This Little Piggy
Oct. 23, 2009

A yummy alternative to pumpkin pie, and you can jazz it up with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream if you wish. An ideal finale for a festiv

 

Servings:         18

Prep time:       15 minutes

Cook time:      1 hour

Total time:       1 hour, 15 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 pkg. yellow cake mix
3/4 c. butter
4 eggs
1 15 oz. can of pumpkin
1/4 c. sweetened condensed milk
1 c. brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease bottom only of 9″ x 13” baking dish.

Measure out 1 cup of yellow cake mix and set aside in a small bowl.

Melt 1/2 c. of butter in the microwave, then mix with the remaining cake mix and 1 egg. Pour into bottom of greased baking dish and spread evenly in a thin layer.

Mix the pumpkin, 3 eggs, sweetened evaporated milk, 1/2 c. of brown sugar and cinnamon. Pour into baking dish on top of the yellow cake layer and spread evenly.

Mix the remaining 1 c. cake mix with 1/2 c. brown sugar and 1/4 c. softened butter to create pea-sized streusel crumbs. Scatter streusel crumbs over the pumpkin layer.

Bake for 1 hour. When cool, cut into squares.

Garnish with whipped cream or ice cream.

 

Source: Mixing Bowl

 

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