Pumpkin Cheesecake Brownies And Pumpkin Pie Bars

Pierce LOVES pumpkin pie for every birthday instead of cake. We are having a party for him today, and we don't have quite enough pie. Both he and Ryan voted for extra dessert in the form of pumpkin brownies. After looking at LOTS of internet recipes, here's what we came up with:

Brownie Mix prepared according to package directions
8 Ounce Softened Cream Cheese
3/4 Cup Pumpkin
1/2 Cup Sugar
1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar
2 Teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
1 Large Egg
4 Teaspoons Cinnamon
1/2 heaping Teaspoon Nutmeg
2 Tablespoon Flour

Preheat oven to 350. Make the brownies and put 3/4ths of the batter in a greased 9x13 pan. (or line the pan with tinfoil and spray that to make removal from the pan easier!) I should have put more brownie batter on the bottom of this one!

Mix  cream cheese, pumpkin and sugar until smooth. Mix in vanilla, egg, cinnamon, nutmeg, & flour.
Spread pumpkin evenly over brownie layer. Then put spoonfuls of the remaining brownie mix on top of the pumpkin. Use a knife to swirl the brownie through the pumpkin layer.
Bake at 350 degrees until a toothpick comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool completely.

Now what to do with all the left over pumpkin from the 29 oz can I just opened.....Another internet search and I discovered lots of similar recipes with varying amounts of pumpkin - I don't think it matters how much you put in! I have around 3 cups left so here is what I did:

1  package spice cake mix
5 Tbps butter, melted
1 egg
3 c pumpkin (or what ever is left in the can)
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 can evaporated milk
3 eggs
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cloves
1 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp allspice
3 Tbs butter, chilled
1/4 c brown sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 inch pan.

Set aside 1 cup of cake mix. Combine remaining cake mix with melted butter and 1 egg and mix until well blended; spread mixture in the bottom of the pan.
Mix together pumpkin, brown sugar, milk, 3 eggs and spices. Pour over cake mix in the pan.
In a small bowl mix the remaining 1 c of cake mix with 1/4 c brown sugar. Cut in the 3 Tbs butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over pumpkin mixture.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool completely and serve with whipped cream.