Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars Recipe

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What do you do when you are a baker with a sweet tooth and you marry a guy who doesn't care much for sweets? You find out what he enjoys and you make the heck out of it. For Jersey Boy, he doesn't care much for cake or anything super sweet but he will throw down on some cheesecake. Today I'm sharing with you a recipe for pumpkin cheesecake bars thanks to Dixie Crystals and Adams Extract. Jersey Boy ate most of it in two days.

pumpkin cheesecake bars

Ingredients:
For the crust
8 full graham crackers, broken into pieces
4 Tablespoons butter; melted
1 Tablespoon Dixie Crystals granulated sugar
For the filling
(2) 8 oz. bars of cream cheese; room temperature
¾ cup of Dixie Crystals granulated sugar
1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 Teaspoon Adams Extract vanilla flavoring
2 eggs; room temperature
1 can of pumpkin puree
½ Teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ Teaspoon grated nutmeg
¼ Teaspoon ground ginger

Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 11x7 baking dish with parchment paper.
2. Put the graham crackers in a food processor and run until you have fine crumbs.
3. Add the sugar and and butter and mix until combined.
4. Spread the crumb mix into the 11x7 lined baking dish and press it in to an even layer.
5. Bake the crust about 10 minutes and then transfer the pan to a rack for cooling.
6. Reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
7. Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the cream cheese and sugar together until it is smooth and fluffy looking (2-3 minutes).
8. Add eggs, beating one at a time. Set bowl aside.
9. In a separate mixing bowl, stir together the pumpkin puree, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
10. Add ¾ cup of the cream cheese fluff to the pumpkin bowl and stir together.
11. Assemble the cheesecake layers. Spread a thin layer of the cream cheese fluff on the graham cracker crust. On top of that drop spoonfuls of the cream cheese fluff and pumpkin mixture alternating the two to make a checkerboard pattern. Using a knife or toothpick swirl the pumpkin and cream cheese fluff to create a marbled pattern in the batter.
12. Bake the cheesecake on 325 degrees F for about 45 minutes or until set. Once the cheesecake is baked let it cool completely and then refrigerate the pan for 2-3 hours. Using the parchment paper overhang lift the cheesecake out of the pan and cut in to bars and serve.

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