Pumpkin Pie Bars

I received two small sugar pie pumpkins in my CSA back in October. So, I baked them, pureed them, and went searching my favorite food sites for pumpkin recipes. Joy the Baker had a handful of recipes that looked amazing. I made two. This was the first one.
The bars came out great. If you can get past the artery clogging aspects of this recipe, you will thoroughly enjoy it (e.g. eat 5+ bars/day). I couldn't always taste the butterscotch chips in this recipe. So, if you're a bitgbutterscotch fan, you might want to leave the chocolate chips out.

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 C flour
• 3/4 C sugar, divided
• 1/2 C brown sugar, packed
• 3/4 Cc butter (~1 1/2 sitcks)
• 1 C oats, uncooked
• 1/2 C walnuts, chopped
• 1 8oz pkg cream cheese, softened
  
• 3 eggs
• 15 oz pumpkin puree
• 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice (recipe to follow)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• handful of butterscotch and/or semi sweet chocolate chip

Recipe

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, F. Line an 9"x13" pan with foil and butter/flour or spray with Pam baking spray.
   
2. Combine flour, 1/4 C of sugar, and brown sugar. Add butter and cut into mixture (I tend to use a fork - a pastry cutter works well too). You want the mixture to be crumbly looking. Add oats and nuts.
3. Add 1 C of oat mixture (Step 2) to the baking pan. Press down evenly over the entire surface and bake for 15 mins.
4. In a separate bowl, combine remaining sugar, cream cheese, eggs, pumpkin puree, pumpkin spice, and vanilla. Mix well and pour onto pre-baked crust. Sprinkle the stop with butterscotch/chocolate chips (I used both!).
5. Bake for 25 mins and let cool for at least 10 mins.

Pumpkin Pie Spice
Mix equal parts of ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice