Since I had leftover pumpkin from making these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Blondies, I decided to make Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars!
Enjoy!
Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 1 c butter, softened
- 1 c packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1 t vanilla extract
- 1 c pumpkin puree
- 2 c flour
- 1 t baking soda
- 1 t ground cinnamon
- 2 1/2 t pumpkin pie spice
- 3/4 t salt
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 c sugar
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1 t vanilla extract
- 1/2 c pecans, chopped
Directions:
- In a large bowl combine the butter and brown sugar until creamy. Beat in egg and vanilla on high speed. Mix in pumpkin.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.
- Mix flour mixture into butter mixture.
- Spread 2/3 of the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
- In a medium bowl beat the cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla until smooth and creamy. Drop spoonfuls on top of the pumpkin batter.
- Drop the remaining pumpkin batter on top of the spoonfuls of cream cheese, and swirl together with a knife.
- Sprinkle pecans.
- Bake the bars for 35-40 minutes in a 9x13 parchment-line pan at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Cool completely before cutting into bars.
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