I love Fall! And THE GREAT PUMPKIN DESSERT!

I will deviate from my usual blogging about my kids to post the very yummy best fall treat ever that every year I get TONS of requests for!!!! THE GREAT PUMPKIN DESERT It is cross between pumpkin pie and cake w/a touch of pecan goodness. I got it from a family on my mission and it is my biggest fall tradition.

Great Pumpkin Dessert

INGREDIENTS:

1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk 3 eggs 1 cup white sugar

4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix 3/4 cup butter, melted 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts

DIRECTIONS:

1.	Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
2.	In a large bowl, combine pumpkin, milk, eggs, sugar and spice. Mix well, and pour into a 9x13 inch pan.
3.	Sprinkle dry cake mix over the top, then drizzle with melted butter. Top with walnuts.
4.	Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.

Now if anyone has a recipe for Pumpkin Pecan Cheesecake you will be my next best friend.

We love everything fall! After all we got married in the fall and even had a touch of Halloween during the reception ;)

And I just can't wait to have us all dress up! I stil don't know what to dress the kids up this year but I'm looking :)

Even the dog dresses up but the cat won't let us near him!

Next year when we are in our new home (and the kids are a little bigger) we are going to start having a huge Halloween party every year and just celebrate w/spooky foods and of course, fun games, and of course "The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" (which we watch every year as a family together even before I had kids).

Halloween aside we do corn mazes, the State Fair, and the Ren Fair. We love Thanksgiving and we love the food. AND OF COURSE THERE IS LONGHORN FOOTBALL!!!! So yes, I'm excited! HAPPY FALL EVERYONE!!!!