Can’t Leave ‘Em Alone Bars: Pumpkin Edition

YAY! I am so happy it’s fall. We just got the house clean from top to bottom so we could get out all our fall décor.

I am loving that evenings are cooler; we added a quilt to our bed, and before I know it, a fire will be crackling in our fireplace. (Hopefully, it was like 90 today!) Cooler weather and thinking of fall in general, just makes me want to BAKE! And now that all our fresh peaches are gone (or put in the freezer for later this winter- yay!) it’s time to move on to PUMPKIN stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Every year I have a HUGE stack of pumpkin recipes. This year is no exception, except I may not need to try any of them, because I think we already have a clear winner.

I give you:

Can’t Leave Them Alone Bars: Pumpkin Edition

Have you tried Can’t Leave ‘Em Alone Bars? They are stinkin’ amazing. AMAZING. AmAAAAAAAzing. For real, yo.

These are too. Clearly the winner in my pumpkin category, you’ve gotta try them, no matter how ugly my photos turned out! Seriously AMAZING! If the recipe seems long or too complicated with its 3 steps, don’t worry, it comes together VERY quickly as each step is simple!

Can’t Leave Them Alone Bars: Pumpkin Edition

CRUST:

1 box yellow cake mix, reserve 1 cup

1/2 cup melted butter

1 egg, beaten

Mix together and press into a 9×13 pan.

MIDDLE:

2 eggs

2/3 cup evaporated milk

1/4 cup white sugar

1 tsp. cinnamon

15 oz. can pumpkin

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

Mix well and pour over crust.

TOPPING:

1 cup reserved cake mix

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 cup melted butter

1/2 cup chopped nuts optional

Mix together and spoon over pumpkin filling.

Bake at 350* for 40-50 minutes. (it will be a bit soft still)

Serve with whipped topping, warm.

OR, in my opinion, they are even better the next day, cold!

But to get the full effect, you should try 1 at every temperature; hot, room temp and cold so you decide for yourself. Purely for scientific reasons, of course.

Happy Baking!
~T

P.S. This is post 1 of 2 for today, remember I told you we went to see the new Christian movie that came to theatres over the weekend? Well, head over to the next post for our take on “Courageous”.

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