Recipe - Pumpkin Pie Bars

2/3 cup Margarine; softened
1 cup Sugar
1 Three fourths cup Allpurpose flour
1 One half cup Walnuts; finely chopped
16 ounce Canned pumpkin
14 ounce Sweetened condensed milk
One fourth cup Light molasses
2 Egg; beaten
2 teaspoon Pumpkin pie spice
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Powdered sugar glaze;
optional

With mixer, beat margarine and sugar until creamy. Stir in flour and
walnuts until mixture is crumbly. Reserve Three fourths cup crumb mixture for
topping. Press remaining crumb mixture on bottom of 15 One half x 10 One half x
1inch baking pan. Bake at 350 deg F for 15 to 18 minutes or until lightly
browned.

Meanwhile, blend pumpkin, condensed milk, molasses, eggs, pumpkin pie spice
and vanilla; pour over pastry crust. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes more or until set. Cool in pan on wire rack. Drizzle
with powdered sugar glaze if desired. Cut into 2 One half x 1 1/2inch bars.
Store covered in refrigerator.
Recipe By : Fleischmann PPG 11/10/96

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #292

Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 20:36:30 0500

From: Lu Carter Huebner huebner@andrew.cmu.edu