Pumpkin Pie Bars

1 1/3 cups flour

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup cold butter

1 cup old fashioned or quick cooking oats, uncooked

1/2 cup chopped pecans

1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese, softened

3 eggs

1 can pumpkin

1 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice

Preheat oven to 350.  Line 13x9 baking pan with foil; grease foil lining.  Mix flour, brown sugar and 1/4 cup granulated sugar in bowl; cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.  Stir in oats and pecans.  Reserve 1 cup of the oat mixture; press remaining mixture onto bottom of pan.  Bake 15 minutes.  Beat cream cheese, remaining 1/2 cup sugar, eggs, pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice in small bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.  Pour over crust; sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.  Bake 25 minutes.  Lift from pan using foil handles; cool completely.  Cut into 24 bars.  Store leftover bars in tightly covered container in refrigerator. 

Serves 24