Ingredients

1cupall purpose flour

¾cupbrown sugar,packed

½tspsalt

½cupunsalted butter,chilled and diced

1cuppecan halves

¾cupold fashioned oats

8ozcream cheese,(1 package), room temperature

¾cuppure pumpkin,canned

½cupsugar

1large egg

1½tspground cinnamon

1tspground ginger

1cupsour cream

2tbspsugar

¼tspvanilla extract

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 and line a 9×9 inch pan with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. Also line a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil and spray with cooking spray. Set aside.

In a food processor, combine flour, brown sugar, salt, and diced butter. Blend until a coarse meal forms. Add pecans, and oats and continue to pulse until combined and coarse. Moist, but not clumping.

Press 3½ cups of the mixture into the bottom of the 9×9-inch pan.

Put remaining crumbs on the baking sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes until golden stirring once. Remove from oven.

Bake the crust for 10 to 12 minutes and remove from the oven. Keep the oven on while preparing the filling.

Beat together cream cheese and pumpkin until smooth. Add sugar, egg, cinnamon, and ginger.

Spread over the crust. Bake for about 20 minutes until the edges start to rise.

Combine sour cream, sugar, and vanilla.

Spread over warm filling and bake an additional 5 minutes until set. Remove from oven and sprinkle baked crumbs on top.

Cool completely, cover, and chill for at least 2 hours.

Serve and enjoy!