Pumpkin Bars Dessert

BASE:
1 32 oz. pkg. Yellow cake mix
2 ½ cup butter
3 1 egg

PUMPKIN LAYER:
1 1 lb. Can pumpkin
2 2 eggs
3 ¼ cup sugar
4 1 to 2 tsp. Pumpkin pie spice

TOPPING:
1 cup reserved cake mix
¼ cup sugar
1 tsp. Vanilla
¼ cup butter

BASE: Combine cake mix (all but 1 cup, reserved for topping), butter, and egg. Mix well and pour into a 9 x 13" pan.

PUMPKIN LAYER: Mix pumpkin, eggs, sugar, and spices together. Pour over base.

TOPPING: Combine reserved cake mix, sugar, vanilla, and butter* until crumbly. Sprinkle over pumpkin layer.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 - 50 minutes. Serve chilled with ice cream or Cool Whip.

NOTE: Instead of reserving 1-cup cake mix for topping, you can use the entire box of cake mix for the base. Then use 1 to 1 ½ cups Bisquick for the topping.

* I suggest that you add the butter a little at a time. I added all of it and had to open another cake mix to try and get a crumbly topping.

Heavenly Recipes - St. Alphonsus Council of Catholic Women, Brooklyn Center, MN - Lillian Stiernagle

Enjoy!