Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars with Streusel
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- ⅔ cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 11x15-inch baking pan with aluminum foil.
- Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and brown sugar in a bowl. Cut in butter using a pastry blender or 2 forks until crust mixture is crumbly. Press 2/3 of the mixture evenly into the prepared baking pan. Reserve remainder for the streusel topping.
- Bake crust in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Let cool, about 10 minutes.
- Combine cream cheese, pumpkin puree, and white sugar in a bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir vanilla and pumpkin pie spice into the filling mixture. Pour over the cooled crust.
- Mix reserved crust mixture and walnuts together in a small bowl make streusel topping. Sprinkle streusel topping over the filling.
- Bake in the preheated oven until filling is set, 40 to 45 minutes. Refrigerate until firm, at least 2 hours. Cut into bars.
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