Pumpkin angel squares
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Flour |
| ½ | cup | Butter, softened |
| ½ | cup | Chopped pecans |
| 1 | pack | (8 oz) cream cheese |
| ¾ | Sugar, divided | |
| 1 | cup | Frozen whipped topping, thawed |
| 1 | Envelope unflavored gelatin | |
| ¼ | cup | Cold water |
| 1 | can | (16 oz) pumpkin |
| 3 | Eggs, separated | |
| ½ | cup | Light brown sugar |
| ½ | cup | Milk |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Pumpkin pie spice |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
Directions
Preheat oven to 375°. Mix flour, butter and pecans with pastry blender until crumbly. Pack into 9 inch square pan. Bake in oven 15 to 20 minutes or until lightly brown. Cool. Combine cream cheese, ½ cup sugar and whipped topping with electric mixer. Spread on cooled crust and chill in refrigerator. Soften gelatin in water. Combine gelatin mixture with pumpkin, egg yolks, brown sugar, milk, pumpkin pie spice and salt in large saucepan. Cook over moderate heat, stirring, until mixture begins to bubble. Cover and cool. Beat egg whites until frothy. Slowly add remaining granulated sugar and continue beating until stiff and glossy. Fold into pumpkin mixture. Pour over cream cheese mixture. Chill until set. Cut into squares.
NOTES : These will make you think of pumpkin pie. Has a great pumpkin taste.
Recipe by: Treasured Recipes-1984 Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by LVFG53A@... (MRS IRA M DENNIS) on Apr 12, 1997