These bars are the perfect little fall bite! With their shortbread crust, pumpkin filling, and crunchy sweet pecan topping, they’re perfect with a cup of coffee as a morning snack or to finish off a hearty fall or winter meal!
SERVES : 24
PREP TIME : 15 Min
COOK TIME : 45 Min
METHOD : Bake
Ingredients For Pecan Streusel Pumpkin Bars
- 1 cap flour
- 1/2 csoftened salted butter
- 1/3 cgranulated sugar
- FILLING
- 1/3 cap flour
- 1/2 tspbaking powder
- 1/4 tspsalt
- 2large eggs
- 1 cpacked brown sugar
- 1 ccanned pumpkin
- 1 tsppumpkin pie spice mix
- STREUSEL TOPPING
- 1/3 cap flour
- 1/3 cpacked brown sugar
- 1/3 cquick oats
- 1/2 ctoasted chopped pecans
- 1/4 cvery cold unsalted butter
How To Make Pecan Streusel Pumpkin Bars
- 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. and spray a 13 x 9 inch baking pan with cooking spray.
- 2. To make the crust: beat the softened butter and sugar until smooth and well blended.
- 3. Add the flour and thoroughly mix. It will be kind of crumbly.
- 4. Press the crust mixture evenly in the bottom of the prepared pan. It will be thin, but it will be enough.
- 5. Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven for 10 minutes. Remove and set aside to cool while you make the other components. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F.
- 6. To make the filling: in a small bowl, whisk together the 1/3 cup flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- 7. In a separate medium sized bowl, beat the eggs, brown sugar, canned pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice until thoroughly combined. Add the flour mixture and mix until just combined.
- 8. To make the topping: put the 1/3 cup flour, granulated sugar, packed brown sugar and chopped pecans and toss together with a fork.
- 9. Grate the butter into the bowl with the flour/pecan mixture. Toss together with the fork until completely incorporated and kind of like chunky sand.
- 10. Pour the pumpkin batter on top of the baked and slightly cooled crust. With a spatula, spread evenly over the crust. Sprinkle the topping evenly over the pumpkin batter, making sure to cover the entire surface.
- 11. Bake in the 350 degree oven for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean the topping has begun to turn golden brown. Remove from the oven and let cool completely before cutting and serving
