Published: by Absolutely Recipes, in the recipes category.

Gingerbread Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars Recipe.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 large egg
1/4 cup molasses
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/4 TSPs ground ginger
1 TSP ground cinnamon
1/2 TSP baking soda
1/4 TSP ground cloves
CHEESECAKE BATTER:

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup plus 1 TBSP sugar, divided
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 TSP ground cinnamon
1/4 TSP ground ginger
1/8 TSP ground cloves
1 large egg

Recipe Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in egg and molasses.
In a small bowl, whisk flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda and cloves; gradually beat into creamed mixture.
Reserve 1 cup dough for topping; press remaining mixture onto bottom of a greased 9" square baking pan.
For cheesecake batter, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in pumpkin and spices.
Add egg; beat on low speed just until blended.
Pour over crust.
Drop reserved dough by TBSPfuls over cheesecake batter.
Sprinkle with remaining sugar.
Bake 25-30 minutes or until center is almost set.
Cool 1 hour on a wire rack.
Refrigerate at least 2 hours.
Cut into bars.

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