Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Since I had leftover pumpkin from making these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Blondies, I decided to make Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars!

I love all things cheesecake, and these bars have flavors of fall mixed right in!

Enjoy!

Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

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.

You can find the original recipe here on Sally's Baking Addiction.