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Pumpkin Cheesecake Crumble Brownies

Chocolate brownies with pumpkin cheesecake and crumb topping, topped with caramel sauce.
Course Dessert
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

Crumb Topping

  • 1 ½ cups (6 3/4 ounces) all purpose flour
  • ½ cup (3 1/4 ounces) brown sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter

Pumpkin Cheesecake Layer

  • ¾ cup (6 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup (8 ounces) canned pumpkin
  • 2 eggs
  • 6 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

Brownie Layer

  • ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
  • 1 ⅛ cup (8 ounces) granulated sugar
  • ½ cup (2 1/8 ounces) Dutch-Process cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 3 eggs
  • ¾ cup (3 3/8 ounces) all purpose flour
  • ½ cup caramel sauce, purchased or homemade warmed if desired

Instructions
 

Crumb Topping

  • In a medium bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt.
  • Cut in butter using a pastry blender or your fingers until well-combined and crumbles are pea-sized. Press crumbles together to make large quarter-sized chunks.
  • Set aside in refrigerator.

Pumpkin Cheesecake Layer

  • Preheat oven to 350º. Line a 9-inch square baking pan with parchment paper.
  • In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth.
  • Add pumpkin, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg and beat until well combined. Set aside.

Brownie Layer

  • Melt 1 stick of butter in a large microwaveable bowl.
  • Stir in sugar until combined
  • Stir in cocoa powder, vanilla, baking powder and salt.
  • Add the eggs and beat until smooth
  • Add the flour and mix until just combined.
  • Spread brownie batter into prepared baking pan. Smooth with a spatula.
  • Spread pumpkin cheesecake batter over the top of brownie batter. Smooth with a spatula.
  • Sprinkle crumb topping evenly over the top of pumpkin cheesecake layer.
  • Bake for 40-50 minutes until a toothpick inserted into pumpkin cheesecake layer comes out clean.
  • Let cool completely. Cut into squares and serve with caramel sauce.