Simmering Saturdays: Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
This easy pumpkin cheesecake recipe has a light and creamy filling with all your favorite fall spices, and lots of pumpkin flavor in a crunchy graham cracker crust. It’s the perfect dessert for thanksgiving, the holidays and any fall day!
Ingredients
for 12 servings
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted
- 10 graham crackers, crushed
- 32 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 15 oz pumpkin puree, 1 can
CRUMBLE TOPPING
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Preparation
- In a medium bowl, combine the melted butter and crushed graham crackers. Stir until the mixture develops a wet sand texture.
- Cover the bottom of a greased 9 x13-inch (23×33 cm) baking pan with the graham cracker mixture and spread evenly. Chill.
- In a large bowl, combine the cream cheese, eggs, vanilla, and sugar. Stir until mixture is smooth.
- Spread half of the cheesecake batter into the chilled baking pan, smoothing the top, and freeze.
- Preheat the oven to 325˚F (160˚C).
- Add the pumpkin puree to the remaining cheesecake batter and stir until incorporated.
- Spoon the pumpkin cheesecake mixture over frozen cheesecake mixture and spread evenly.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Make the crumb topping: in a medium bowl, combine the butter, flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Stir until all ingredients are evenly incorporated and the mixture develops a wet sand texture.
- Top the cheesecake with the crumble topping and bake for another 25 minutes.
- Allow the cheesecake to cool at room temperature. For best results refrigerate overnight once completely cooled, then slice and serve.
- Enjoy!