Ultra-Easy Pumpkin Pie Squares

Submitted by Mirj2338

"Super easy and perfect for the beginner cook."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• Crust

• 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

• Filling

• 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

• Topping

• 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)

directions

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.

Reviews

[Chef Stiles]

This was excellent. Thanks

 

[sidhe_celt]

I made several different kinds of pumpkin squares recently for a gathering, and this was the one everyone wanted the recipe for... not just for the new to baking, but great for time constrained bakers as well!

 

[Nikki Kate]

This is a very tasty dessert. We loved it. I was unsure it was going to turn out because my crust was very wet, not dry at all (not sure if that's how it's suppose to be?). I did not need to add the additional milk. The filling is a very nice flavor of pumpkin with just enough spices. When I try this again I will skip the toppings and see if my family still likes this. It was a nice addition but it was spots of extra sweetness. But still it was a very good dessert to have after a light meal. Will be excellent to have on Thanksgiving.