Ultra-easy Pumpkin Pie Squares

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 package yellow cake mix (set aside one cup of the dry mix before proceeding) or 1 package spice cake mix (set aside one cup of the dry mix before proceeding)
• 1/2 cup melted butter or 1/2 cup melted margarine
• 1 egg
• 1 (29 ounce) can pumpkin
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup evaporated milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 grease and flour a 8x11 inch baking pan.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°.
• 3 disregard instructions on cake mix box, you're not going to bake a cake.
• 4 mix dry cake mix (minus 1 cup dry mix) and melted butter.
• 5 add egg and mix till it holds together (different cake mixes react differently, so you may need to add a small amount of milk 1/2 tsp. at a time, if necessary to hold mixture together).
• 6 pat crust mixture into pan with your fingers, coating bottom and up the sides about 1 inch.
• 7 mix together the filling ingredients, along with the reserved 1 cup of dry cake mix, and pour into the crust.
• 8 mix the topping ingredients (minus the optional nuts) together with a fork or pastry blender till mixture is crumbly.
• 9 mix in nuts, if desired.
• 10 sprinkle topping mixture over filling and bake for 45-60 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
• 11 cool and serve with whipped cream.