Name: Cheesecake Pumpkin Bars Recipe
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: For the Cream Cheese Topping:; 8 oz cream cheese; 1 cup sour cream; 2 tbsp all purpose flour; 2 tbsp granulated sugar; 1 tsp pure vanilla extract; ¼ tsp kosher salt; For the Pumpkin Spice Blondie:; 1 cup unsalted butter; 2½ cups all purpose flour; 2 tsp pumpkin spice; 1 tsp kosher salt; 1½ cups brown sugar; 1 large egg; 1 tsp pure vanilla extract; 1 cup pumpkin puree

How To Make Cheesecake Pumpkin Bars

Unlike other cheesecakes, this gives you a dense and velvety texture and flavor. These cheesecake pumpkin bars are baked from pumpkin puree and batter.

Preparation: 25 minutes

Cooking: 45 minutes

Total: 1 hour 10 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For the Cream Cheese Topping:

8ozcream cheese,(1 block)
1cupsour cream,at room temperature
2tbspall purpose flour
2tbspgranulated sugar
1tsppure vanilla extract
¼tspkosher salt

For the Pumpkin Spice Blondie:

1cupunsalted butter,(2 sticks) melted, plus more for the pan
2½cupsall purpose flour,spooned and leveled
2tsppumpkin spice
1tspkosher salt
1½cupsbrown sugar,packed
1large egg
1tsppure vanilla extract
1cuppumpkin puree

Instructions

Cream cheese topping:

Microwave cream cheese in a medium microwave-safe bowl in 15-second bursts, stirring until smooth but not hot. Whisk in sour cream, flour, sugar, vanilla, and salt until smooth. Set aside.

Pumpkin base:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9×13-inch pan and line with parchment, leaving a 2-inch overhang.
In a small bowl, whisk flour, pumpkin spice, and salt until well combined.
In a separate large bowl, whisk together butter and brown sugar until completely smooth and incorporated, then whisk in egg and vanilla.
Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Whisk in pumpkin puree and scrape sides of the bowl down again, then fold in flour mixture until no streaks remain.
Reserving about ½ cup of pumpkin batter, spread batter evenly into prepared pan. Spread cream cheese topping over the pumpkin batter, leaving a ½-inch border.
Dollop reserved pumpkin batter on top, then use a butter knife or toothpick to swirl pumpkin batter and cream cheese layers together.
Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with just a few crumbs for about 45 minutes.
Let cool completely in the pan, then cut into bars and serve.