Pumpkin Pie Streusel Bars ~ Like a favorite scarf or a cozy hat, this is a comfort dessert for Fall that returns year after year in my home.
Pumpkin Pie Streusel Bars
This is a simple treat that my family loves and I love to make. These Pumpkin Pie Streusel Bars are extremely easy to whip up and delicious for days. Layered with a shortbread like bottom and a warm velvety pumpkin cheesecake center, the bars are finished with a crisp praline topping made of toasted pecans, oats, butterscotch and brown sugar.
Matt will tell you I threw the oats in so I could justify having it for breakfast, but I don’t ever need an excuse to have dessert for breakfast—especially one like this.
That said, I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as my family and I do.
Pumpkin Pie Streusel Bars
Preparation: Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 13×9 pan with parchment paper (let parchment hang 1 1/2 inch over each side).
Ingredients:
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 + 1/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup of dark brown sugar, packed
- 3/4 cup cold butter
- 11/2 cup quick cooking oats
- 3/4 cup pecans, toasted and finely chopped
- 1 8oz. package of cream cheese
- 1 can 15oz pumpkin puree
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 ground allspice
- pinch of cloves
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
Instructions:
- In a bowl mix flour, 1/2 cup sugar, brown sugar; cut butter into mixture with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in oats and pecans. Remove 3/4 cup of mixture and add in butterscotch chips. Set aside and reserve for topping. Press remaining mixture into bottom of parchment lined pan. Bake for 15 minutes.
- Combine cream cheese and pumpkin; add remaining sugar, cinnamon, ginger, all spice, cloves and vanilla and mix until well blended. Pour over crust and bake for 15 minutes. Sprinkle reserved oat crumb mixture and continue to bake for another 15 minutes.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack. Let cool completely before storing. Cut into 2×2 squares and serve.
the topping sounds so delicious! pecans, oatmeal, butterscotch…. definitely breakfast material fit for a king!
Well, now that you’ve already made it clear that these are certainly breakfast friendly…I really will have to make them soon. And eat them for breakfast. They look so delicious! Love anything pumpkin.
And here I thought I had already exhausted all of my pumpkin dessert options- Thanks for adding another delicious idea to the line up! These look amazing.
Hmmm – I would wrap myself in these any day. they look super delish.
Printing this off now!! YUM!!! I’m such a sucker for streusel topping!
Yummy!! These sound so cozy and perfect for Fall!!! 🙂
I love cozy food, don’t you?
I love your twist on this. I made a pumpkin bar not long ago but may have to try this one sometime. One can never have too many pumpkin recipes!
Yum! Looks like a delicious and quick treat =) You have so many great pumpkin recipes!
Hmm, that looks delicious! I would really love to have a piece right here right now while I am drinking my cup of coffee.
That would be a perfect match!
My husband’s family is anti-pumpkin – I’m not a pumpkin pie person myself – but my little boy keeps asking for pumpkin pie (I’m sure he won’t like it – a texture thing with autism) but these he would like. I think all of you recipes go immediately to my “must make” pile.
For the record, I would eat it without oatmeal for breakfast. 🙂 Delicious!!! [K]
Yes, yes I will enjoy these very much!
~ingrid
Naomi,
These look amazing and I really like the streusel topping – not too sweet and a great texture!!
Oh this looks wonderful. I do have a weakness for an oat crumb topping. 😉 I’m so used to seeing pumpkin bars topped with cream cheese and whipped cream that this is a lovely variation to see.
Looks wonderful, but you left out a measurement. 1/2 allspice–I am guessing 1/2 teaspoon? Thanks!