This a decadent Pumpkin Cheesecake Bar recipe with layers of soft graham cracker topped with a cinnamon and spice pumpkin filling and then a topping of white chocolate chips, almonds and coconut. These are the perfect Halloween party treat! Or anytime treat. Very addicting.
This a decadent Pumpkin Cheesecake Bar recipe with layers of soft graham cracker topped with a cinnamon and spice pumpkin filling and then a topping of white chocolate chips, almonds and coconut.
Ingredients
Crust:
1 and ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
1 stick unsalted butter, cold
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 tablespoons (packed) golden brown sugar
1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
¾ cup Pecans
Filling:
8 oz cream cheese
3/4 cup canned pure pumpkin
¼ cup sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1 tablespoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
Topping:
1 and ¼ cup white chocolate chips
½ cup sliced almonds
½ cup coconut flakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line an 8x8x2" baking pan with parchment and spray with baking spray.
- Blend first 4 ingredients in a food processor pulsing until coarse meal forms. Add pecans; pulse until nuts are chopped. Add oats and pulse until mixture is moistened. Press crumb mixture onto bottom of prepared square pan. Bake crust for twenty minutes.
- Blend all the filling ingredients in food processor just until smooth. Spoon filling onto crust. Bake until set in center about 22-24 minutes. Let cool for five minutes then top.
- Sprinkle the white chocolate chips evenly over the pumpkin. Do the same with the almonds and then the coconut. Press the topping gently into the pumpkin if needed.
- Let the bars cool for about 30 - 60 minutes on counter. Then chill for 2-3 hours in pan. Lift the bars out by the parchment and cut into squares. Store in refrigerator.
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MMmmm pumpkin and cheesecake what else could I ask for? I am going to try to make these !Thanks for the delicious ideas!
So you can send some to me…here is my address..jk…sometimes I feel I bake so much for other people that I forget to bake for myself. I have forgotten how nice it is to actually receive bake goods from someone else! I wish I had a digital camera so I could blog about the things I make! I think it would be so cool to blog like you do because then my culinary creations would live forever!
So you can send some to me…here is my address..jk…sometimes I feel I bake so much for other people that I forget to bake for myself. I have forgotten how nice it is to actually receive bake goods from someone else! I wish I had a digital camera so I could blog about the things I make! I think it would be so cool to blog like you do because then my culinary creations would live forever!
How cute! Great recipe!
How cute! Great recipe!