Bourbon Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
Serves 24
Ingredients
Crust
- 1¾ cup crushed ginger snap cookies (7 oz.)
- 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans
- 3 tbsp. light brown sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 6 tbsp. butter, melted
Filling
- 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1 tsp. real vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. Kosher salt
- 1¼ tsp. ground cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp. ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
- 3 tbsp. bourbon
- 1 can (15 oz.) solid packed pumpkin or 2 cups fresh pumpkin purée
- 1½ cups full-fat sour cream
Directions
Stabilize covered grill temperature for indirect cooking (no heat source under pan) to medium (350°F). Butter a 9 x 13-in. baking pan. Line the bottom of pan with parchment, leaving extra along the long sides to help lift out the bars. Pulse the crushed gingersnaps and toasted pecans in a food processor into fine crumbs. Add brown sugar, salt, and butter and pulse until blended and crumbs are moistened. Press the crumbs evenly into the bottom of your prepared pan. Bake in/on your preheated grill for about 8 minutes. Remove and cool completely on wire racks.
Beat cream cheese until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add brown sugar, vanilla, salt, and spices until just combined. Stir in pumpkin and sour cream until smooth. Pour over cooled crust and tap lightly on the counter to remove air bubbles.
Double-check your heat and place pan in/on grill over indirect heat (350°F) and bake for 30 to 40 minutes until pumpkin has just set at the center; check at 20 minutes and turn pan front to back if necessary.
Cool completely on wire racks before cutting. Run a knife along the edge of the pan and use the parchment to lift bars out of pan and onto cutting board. Cut into 2-inch squares. Bars may be kept in the refrigerator in an air-tight container for up to three days.
Recipe from Bull Outdoor Products.
