A buttery Cheerios crust and creamy pumpkin layer make these treats irresistible. With these scrumptious bars, you will want to enjoy pumpkin year round.

Ingredients
4 cups Cinnamon Cheerios
1⁄2 cup sugar
1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
Powdered sugar, for garnish

Directions
1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2 Grease a 9 x 13-inch pan and set aside.

3 Add Cheerios, sugar, and melted butter to the bowl of a food processor and process until a ball of dough forms. Using a buttered spatula, press dough evenly into prepared pan and set aside.

4 In a large bowl, whisk together pumpkin, condensed milk, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Pour pumpkin mixture on top of crust and spread evenly.

5 Bake for 40–45 minutes, until center is set. Remove from oven and let cool completely. Cut into squares and dust the tops with powdered sugar. Serve immediately or store in refrigerator until ready to serve.

Makes 12 bars.

For more ways to bake with this ingredient, check out our most scrumptious pumpkin recipes of the season.

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Excerpted from Cereal Sweets & Treats by Jessica Segarra. Recipes Copyright © 2013 Jessica Segarra, Photography copyright © 2013 Jessica Segarra. Excerpted by permission of Gibbs Smith. All rights reserved.