Ingredients

The following ingredients have 16 Servings
  • 1 7oz box speculoos cookies
  • 4 tbsp unsalted butter melted
  • 8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
  • 1/2 cup cookie butter
  • 2 tbsp all purpose flour
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Instruction

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper making sure to leave some hanging over the side.
  • In a food processor blend the cookies and melted butter. Save 2 tbsp of the crumbs to the side.
  • Add the crushed cookie mix to the prepared pan and press down to compact them for the base.
  • Bake in the oven for 15 minutes and then set aside.
  • Using a stand mixer, beat the cream cheese with the pumpkin until well combined and you can't see any cream cheese lumps or specks.
  • Add the cookie butter, flour, sugar, vanilla and pie spice and mix on med-high until well mixed scraping down the bowl a few times as you go.
  • Transfer the mixture to the baked cookie base spreading it out evenly with a spatula.
  • Sprinkle the remaining 2 tbsp of cookie crumbs over the cheesecake mixture and bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
  • Let set until cool before slicing into squares.