Pumpkin bars with cream cheese

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupAll purpose flour
¼cupQuick oats
¼cupBrown sugar; firmly packed
2tablespoonsChopped walnuts
1teaspoonCinnamon
¼cupUnsalted butter; melted
½cupSolid pack pumpkin
¼cupPlus 2 tbs. skim milk
teaspoonVanilla extract
1smallEgg; slightly beaten
3tablespoonsSugar
¼teaspoonAllspice
teaspoonSalt
¼poundsLight cream cheese; softened
2tablespoonsOrange marmalade

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine first 4 ingredients and half the cinnamon in a food processor or mixing bowl. Add melted butter and process until mixture becomes crumbly. Press mixture evenly in bottom of a 9 inch baking dish. Bake 20 minutes or until crust starts to brown. Remove from oven.

Reduce temperature to 325°F. Combine pumpkin, milk, half the vanilla, egg, sugar, allspice, salt and remaining cinnamon in a food processor or mixing bowl and mix thoroughly. Pour over crust and bake 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into center. Cool on a rack. Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, remaining vanilla and orange marmalade until fluffy. Spread evenly over cooled pumpkin bars. This recipe serves 8.

Per serving: calories 211, fat 11.0g, 46% calories from fat, cholesterol 44mg, prote

Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 292 by RecipeLu <recipelu@...> on Nov 23, 1997