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Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 5 Tablespoons butter softened
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
  • 1 8 ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup pumpkin
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 8x8 inch square pan.
  2. Mix flour and brown sugar in a bowl. Cut in butter until small crumbles form. Stir pecans into flour. Set aside 3/4 cup for topping the bars and press the remaining mixture into the prepared pan.
  3. Bake for ~15 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven, Beat cool slightly.
  4. Beat together cream cheese, sugar, pumpkin, vanilla extract, allspice and cinnamon, add eggs one at a time and continue beating until smooth. Pour over crust. Top with reserved pecan topping. Return to oven and bake for ~35 minutes or until topping is lightly browned and cheesecake is set. Can be served chilled or at room temperature.

Notes

Recipe slightly modified from alllrecipes