(These are something my mother started making fairly recently. I think she got the recipe from a newspaper. They are, nevertheless, rich, yummy, and nice for the holidays, Halloween through Christmas.)
1 C. flour
1/2 C. quick oats
1/2 C. fbrown sugar, firmly packed
1/4 C. nuts, chopped
1 3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 C. melted butter
1 C. solid pack pumpkin
3/4 C. evaporated milk
1 lightly beaten egg
1/3 C. sugar
1/2 tsp. allspice
1/4 tsp. salt
Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, nuts, & 1 tsp. cinnamon. Add butter. Mix until crumbly. Press into bottom of 13 x 9 x 2" baking dish. Bake in moderate oven (350 F) 20-25 min. Remove from oven.
Reduce oven temperature to 325 F. Combine remaining ingredients. Pour over crust. Bake in slow oven (325 F) 25-30 minute or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.
1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 C. orange marmalade
Beat cream cheese and marmalade together until fluffy. Spread over cooled bars. Garnish with crushed chopped nuts or orange peel (optional). Cut into bars and serve.
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