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     Title: Pumpkin Pecan Pie Bars
Categories: Cookies
     Yield: 48 servings

   1/2 c  Butter or margarine; softend
     1 c  Brown sugar; firmly packed
 1-1/2 c  Flour; unsifted
     1 c  Oats
     1 ts Baking powder
     1 ts Salt
    16 oz Pumpkin
     1 cn Sweetened condensed milk
     2    Eggs; beaten
     2 ts Pumpkin pie spice
 1-1/2 ts Vanilla extract
     1 c  Pecans; chopped
          Confectioners' sugar; (opt)

 Preheat oven to 350°. In large mixer bowl, beat margarine and brown sugar
 until fluffy; add flour, oats, baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Mix
 until crumbly. Reserving 1/2 cup flour mixture, press remainder on bottom
 of 15x10" jellyroll pan. Bake 20 mintues. Meanwhile in medium bowl, combine
 pumpkin, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla and
 remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. Spread over baked crust. In small bowl,
 combine reserved 1/2 cup flour mixture with pecans; sprinkle over pumpkin
 mixture. Bake 30-35 minutes or until set. Cool. Cut into bars. Sprinkle
 with confectioners' sugar if desired. Store covered in refrigerator.

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