Perfect Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Description

These pumpkin cheesecake bars are delicious and perfect for the fall holidays. They taste best when chilled in the refrigerator overnight!

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • 8 ounces cream cheese
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
  • 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
  • ¾ cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
  2. Stir flour
  3. butter
  4. and 1/4 cup sugar together in a bowl until dough is well-blended. Pat dough into the bottom of a 9×13-inch baking dish.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven until crust is lightly golden
  6. 10 to 15 minutes. Cool. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  7. Beat cream cheese
  8. 1/4 cup sugar
  9. 1 egg
  10. and vanilla together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth.
  11. Whisk pumpkin puree
  12. evaporated milk
  13. 3/4 cup sugar
  14. 2 eggs
  15. cinnamon
  16. salt
  17. ginger
  18. and cloves together in a bowl.
  19. Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over cooled crust. Pour pumpkin mixture over cream cheese mixture.
  20. Bake in the preheated oven until bars are set
  21. about 60 minutes. Cool to room temperature
  22. then refrigerate overnight.

Prep Time: 25 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Total Time: 9 hrs 35 mins

Servings: 24

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