Name: Pumpkin Cheesecake Crumb Bars Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup all purpose flour; 3/4 cup brown sugar (packed); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup unsalted butter (chilled, diced); 1 cup pecan halves; 3/4 cup old-fashioned oats; 1 package cream cheese (8 ounce, room temperature); 3/4 cup pure pumpkin (canned); 1/2 cup sugar; 1 large egg; 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 1 cup sour cream; 2 tablespoons sugar; 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

How To Make Pumpkin Cheesecake Crumb Bars

These delectable pumpkin cheesecake bars combine a chewy pecan crust, spiced pumpkin filling, and a creamy topping, for a flavorful dessert.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 55 minutes

Chill Time: 2 hours

Total: 3 hours 10 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Crust:

1cupall purpose flour
¾cupbrown sugar,packed
½tspsalt
½cupunsalted butter,chilled and diced
1cuppecan halves
¾cupold fashioned oats

For Filling:

8ozcream cheese,(1 package), room temperature
¾cuppure pumpkin,canned
½cupsugar
1large egg
1½tspground cinnamon
1tspground ginger

For the Topping:

1cupsour cream
2tbspsugar
¼tspvanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 and line a 9×9 inch pan with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. Also line a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil and spray with cooking spray. Set aside.

Crust:

In a food processor, combine flour, brown sugar, salt, and diced butter. Blend until a coarse meal forms. Add pecans, and oats and continue to pulse until combined and coarse. Moist, but not clumping.
Press 3½ cups of the mixture into the bottom of the 9×9-inch pan.
Put remaining crumbs on the baking sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes until golden stirring once. Remove from oven.
Bake the crust for 10 to 12 minutes and remove from the oven. Keep the oven on while preparing the filling.

Filling:

Beat together cream cheese and pumpkin until smooth. Add sugar, egg, cinnamon, and ginger.
Spread over the crust. Bake for about 20 minutes until the edges start to rise.

Topping:

Combine sour cream, sugar, and vanilla.
Spread over warm filling and bake an additional 5 minutes until set. Remove from oven and sprinkle baked crumbs on top.
Cool completely, cover, and chill for at least 2 hours.
Serve and enjoy!