Ultra-Easy Pumpkin Pie Squares

Super easy and perfect for the beginner cook.

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• 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.