Easy Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
- 5 tablespoons butter, softened
- ½ cup finely chopped pecans
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
- ¾ cup white sugar
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8-inch square baking dish.
- Mix flour and brown sugar in a bowl. Cut butter into flour mixture until small crumbs form. Stir pecans into the crumbs. Set 3/4 cup of the mixture aside for topping the bars; press remainder of the mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
- Bake crust in preheated oven until lightly browned, about 15 minutes; remove from oven and set aside to cool slightly.
- Beat cream cheese, white sugar, pumpkin puree, eggs, vanilla extract, allspice, and cinnamon together in a bowl until smooth; pour over the cooled crust. Sprinkle reserved topping over the cream cheese mixture.
- Return dish to oven and continue baking until the topping browns, 30 to 35 minutes.
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