PUMPKIN PIE SQUARES (MOM’S FAVORITE)

1 package of yellow cake mix (take out one cup and set aside in another bowl)
With the remaining cake mix add: ½ cup melted butter and one egg.

Put these three mixed ingredients and press into a 9 x 13 pan with just the bottom greased.

2nd Layer is the Filling:

1 large can of pumpkin (not the pumpkin pie filling but the canned pumpkin for the pie filling)
¼ teaspoon salt
2 ½ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup milk
Mix the above six ingredients and pour over the cake mixture.

3rd Layer is the Topping
1 cup cake mix (reserved), ¼ cup of sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ¼ cup cold butter. Stir the cake mix, sugar and cinnamon with whatever you are using to cut in the butter - then cut in the butter with a pastry blender or fork. Sprinkle this over the pumpkin layer. (I have melted the butter before for quick blending but then it is hard to spread over the pumpkin layer.)

Bake 375 for 20 minutes or 350 for 35 to 40 minutes.

Serve with fresh whipped cream.
(I bake mine at 350 for 40 -45 minutes-but be careful the bottom doesn’t burn)