The Best Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
The Best Pumpkin Cheesecake bars are a great combination of a delicious crust topped with a rich and creamy pumpkin cheesecake and topped with a crumb topping.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 5 tbls butter softened
- 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
- 1 8 oz package softened cream cheese
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Optional cool whip or whip cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 8x8 baking pan.
- Combine flour and brown sugar in bowl.
- Cut in butter to make a crumb mixture. Stir in nuts.
- Set aside 3/4 cup of crumb mixture for topping.
- Press remaining crumb mixture in bottom of 8x8 pan.
- Bake for 15 minutes. Cool slightly.
- Combine cream cheese, sugar, pumpkin, eggs, cinnamon, and vanilla in large mixing bowl. Blend until smooth. Pour over baked crust.
- Sprinkle with reserved topping.
- Bake an additional 30 minutes. Cool before cutting bars.
Nutrition
Calories: 296kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 60mg | Sodium: 85mg | Potassium: 101mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 2675IU | Vitamin C: 0.7mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1.4mg