Step 1

To begin, preheat your oven to 350 and line a 9x9 pan with parchment paper (or spray with non-stick spray).

Step 2

To a small bowl, add your flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt and stir them together.

Step 3

To a large mixing bowl, add your butter, brown sugar and applesauce and beat together with a mixer till creamy. Add your pumpkin and vanilla and mix in. Add your eggs and milk and mix in briefly, till just combined.

Step 4

Add your dry ingredients to your wet ingredients and stir them together till you have a smooth, thick batter. Pour into your pan and spread into an even layer along the bottom.

Step 5

To a small mixing bowl, add your butter, sugar, flour and pumpkin pie spice. Stir together till you have a thick, crumbly mixture. Sprinkle the mixture across the top of your pumpkin coffee cake batter, in one crumbly layer across the top.

Step 6

Bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes, or till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Step 7

Let cool, then slice and devour!