Saturday, September 6, 2008

Pumpkin Squares

Crust:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup quick oats
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter

Preheat oven to 375. Mix above with a pastry blender. Pat into bottom of 13x9x2 greased and floured pan. Bake 12 minutes.

Filling:
1 can pumpkin (if you don't have one you can cook squash and use it or around Oct. you can find pumpkin and cook it and mash it and freeze it for later!)
1 can evaporated milk
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
(or you could just add pumpkin pie spice if you have it, that works too)

Beat filling ingredients with mixer for 3 mins on medium speed. Pour into above crust. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.

Topping:
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup walnuts
1/4 cup soft butter
2 T flour

Mix well. Crumble on top of partially baked pumpkin mixture. Bake 10-15 mins or more until center is set. Refrigerate.

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