Yummy Recipe Wednesday! (Pumpkin Pie Bars)

Hello friendly food lovers and welcome to another Yummy Recipe Wednesday. Today I bring you the final pumpkin recipe in our four week celebration of Fall and the upcoming holiday season. If you missed the previous three pumpkin recipes just scroll down, or click HERE, and if you missed last October’s pumpkin recipes just click HERE. Today I bring you a delicious recipe that’s perfect if you like the taste of pumpkin pie but just really don’t care for the crust. I am definitely one of these people and this is my go-to recipe for pumpkin pie during the holiday season. These pumpkin pie bars remind me a lot of Ooey Gooey Butter Cake only pumpkin flavored and not as dense since it doesn’t have cream cheese in the recipe. There’s not much else to say about these, they kind of speak for themselves once you taste them. Give them a try at your upcoming holiday gatherings and I promise there will be people begging you for the recipe. As always, feel free to leave comments below and be sure to follow @RecipeBlogger on Twitter if you aren’t already so you don’t miss a single new post.

Pumpkin Pie Bars

• 4 Large Eggs
• 1 1/2 cups White Sugar
• 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 1 pinch Salt
• 1 tsp Ground Ginger
• 1/2 tsp Ground Cloves
• 1 (29 oz) can Pumpkin Puree
• 2 (12 oz) cans Evaporated Milk
• 1 (15.25 oz) pkg Yellow Cake Mix, divided
• 1/2 cup Butter, melted
• Whipped Topping (optional)

1. Preheat the oven to 350° F (175° C).
2. In a large bowl beat the eggs.
3. In a separate bowl whisk together the sugar, cinnamon, salt, ginger, and cloves; stir the sugar mixture and pumpkin puree into the eggs until completely incorporated.
4. Gradually stir the evaporated milk into pumpkin mixture.
5. Add 1 cup of yellow cake mix to the pumpkin mixture and stir to remove any lumps.
6. Pour the mixture into a greased 9x13-inch baking dish; sprinkle the remaining yellow cake mix over the top and drizzle the butter over the cake mix.
7. Bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes, or until set; cool to room temperature and then cut into bars.
8. Top with whipped topping if desired.