First off, I am always a huge fan of any food you can eat while you’re walking. So these pumpkin pie crunch bars from Spend With Pennies fits the bill. With a prep time of 10 minutes and a four step process of mix, sprinkle, drizzle and bake, it’s a winner in my book. And the hubs, he gave it a thumbs up. And if I’m being honest, they have breakfast written all over them.
The short-short of it is, basically, you make your pumpkin pie filling, pour it in a pan. Sprinkle yellow cake mix on top. Then a few handfuls of pecans and drizzle melted butter on it, then bake for 50+ minutes (half the time covered). Here’s a link to the recipe so you can print and make your own pumpkin bars. Delicious!
The next one is for my pumpkin pie lovers. It’s SOOOOOO good. I am completely spoilt now. The pumpkin pie bar has been raised and there’s no going back. I’m calling this my Pecan Crumble Pumpkin Pie, but only because if you put bourbon, brown butter and sea salt in the title, it gets wordy.
Just get it girl. Here you go:
Such a delicious twist on a Thanksgiving tradition!Pecan Crumble Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients
For Crumble:
Instructions
Make the crumble:
Notes
Okay, so let’s be real and know that a lot of people will turn up their noses at pumpkin pie altogether, no matter how much butter and sugar you put on top. Make this EASY layered cake and they’ll never know that pumpkin pie is in it. Promise.
Here’s what you need:
My favorite fall baking mix: Krusteaz Pumpkin Spice (this also requires eggs, milk instead of water, and vegetable oil)
Vanilla pudding mix (Jello is my preferred brand)
Small can of pumpkin pie filling
Cool Whip or make your own whipped cream with heavy whipping cream
Pumpkin pie spice
Here’s what you do:
- Make the baking mix as package instructions.
- Bake for 25 minutes at 350 F or until an inserted knife comes out clean. Let cool.
- Make vanilla pudding according to package. While off the heat but still warm, stir in 1/2 cup of the pumpkin pie filling and mix completely.
- Chill to thicken.
- Make your whipped cream or dethaw your CoolWhip.
- Spread you pudding mix on top of the cake. Spread the whipped topping on top of the pudding.
- Sprinkle with pumpkin pie spice.
Tell me who wouldn’t love cake + pudding + whipped cream. Seriously.
With these three recipes, you’ll satisfy your hard core pumpkin fanatics as well as the kids. 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving!
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