It’s fall which means only one thing to me…Pumpkin in everrrryyyyttthhhinggggg! Â Â First up is Pumpkin Cheese Cake Bars. Â Cheesecake with frosting on it….how can you go wrong?
I brought a few of these Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars to work and my pal Dana went bonkers…no really, I thought she was going to choke sucking the bits of pumpkiny goodness from her paper napkin!  I finally offered her up another to save myself from having to perform the heimlich …. what are friends for?
I’m a bit of a cheater cheater pumpkin bar eater with the frosting.  Store bought…yup.  Go ahead judge me if you will, but time is a precious commodity and I didn’t have time to be whipping up homemade frosting that day.  Now, that being said, I did share the homemade version below.  I want you to do better!  But in a pinch, buy a can and move on….
The only special note I would add are these need to be fully chilled before you cut into them.  Overnight would be best but 2 hours will do ya.
Ingredients
- Crust
- 1 cup flour
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 6 tablespoons cold butter
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Filling
- 2 - 8 oz packages cream cheese softened
- 1 1/4 cup canned puree pumpkin
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- in Frosting a pinch use canned :
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Spray a 9 x 13 in baking dish with cooking spray.
- Combine all crust ingredients in a food processor and pulse until crumbly.
- Press into bottom of pan.
- Bake for 15 minutes and cool.
- Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add pumpkin purée , vanilla, pumpkin pie spice and salt and beat for a few more minutes. Add eggs one and a time and continue to mix until well blended. Pour onto cooled crust and bake for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely in the fridge. Couple hours or over night.
- Using an electric mixer, blend all frosting ingredients until smooth and spread on cooled cheesecake. Back in the fridge for an hour or two and slice up! Store in the refrigerator.
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