---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Pumpkin Pecan Pie Bars
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 48 servings
 
    1/2 c  Butter or margarine; softend
      1 c  Brown sugar; firmly packed
  1-1/2 c  Flour; unsifted
      1 c  Oats
      1 ts Baking powder
      1 ts Salt
     16 oz Pumpkin
      1 cn Sweetened condensed milk
      2    Eggs; beaten
      2 ts Pumpkin pie spice
  1-1/2 ts Vanilla extract
      1 c  Pecans; chopped
           Confectioners' sugar; (opt)
 
  Preheat oven to 350 . In large mixer bowl, beat margarine and brown sugar
  until fluffy; add flour, oats, baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Mix
  until crumbly. Reserving 1/2 cup flour mixture, press remainder on bottom
  of 15x10" jellyroll pan. Bake 20 mintues. Meanwhile in medium bowl, combine
  pumpkin, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla and
  remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. Spread over baked crust. In small bowl,
  combine reserved 1/2 cup flour mixture with pecans; sprinkle over pumpkin
  mixture. Bake 30-35 minutes or until set. Cool. Cut into bars. Sprinkle
  with confectioners' sugar if desired. Store covered in refrigerator.
 
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