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If you love cheesecake, then you have to try this Pumpkin Cheesecake and these Chocolate Cheesecake Bars.
Ingredients
Preheat the oven- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a 9×13 inch baking dish with foil, then coat it with nonstick spray.
Bake the crust. Pour the graham cracker mixture into your prepared baking dish and evenly press it on the bottom. Now bake at 350ºF for 10 minutes. Then let it cool.
Mix the cream cheese and sugar. In an extra large prep bowl, add the softened cream cheese to the granulated sugar. Use an electric hand mixer to beat everything together until smooth, creamy, and clump-free.
Add the rest of the ingredients (except the eggs). Now add the sour cream, vanilla extract, salt, pumpkin puree, and pumpkin pie spice. Then mix everything together on medium-high speed.
Add the eggs. Now add the room temperate eggs to the cheesecake batter. Mix the eggs in at the lowest speed on your mixer until you no longer see yellow streaks from the egg yolks.
Bake the cheesecake. Now preheat your oven to 325ºF and bake your pumpkin cheesecake on the center rack for about 40-45 minutes, or until the center only slightly jiggles.
Cool and chill. Cool it at room temperature for an hour, then chill it in the fridge for another 8 hours. Slice and serve chilled with a dollop of whipped cream on top.