Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Ingredients

• 1½ cups graham cracker crumbs
• 3 tbsp sugar
• ⅓ cup melted butter
• 4 packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup (8 oz) canned pumpkin
• 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• whipped cream

Directions

Preheat oven to 300° F. Mix graham crumbs, 3 tbsp sugar and butter. Press into a quarter baking sheet lined with parchment paper. In a large bowl mix cream cheese and sugar. Add eggs 1 at a time, mix on low just until blended. Pour half (about 2½ cups) over graham crumbs and spread evenly. Add pumpkin and pumpkin spice to remaining cream cheese, mix on low until smooth. Pour into pan. Bake 50 minutes, cool for 1 hour with the oven door ajar. Refrigerate for 3 hours. Garnish with whipped cream and pumpkin spice.