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Pumpkin Cheescake Recipe

October 21, 2011 By Elizabeth@ Pine Cones and Acorns 8 Comments

 

Did I mention that I love pumpkin? Well, I do,and I could eat it with a mouse, I could eat it in a house…oh wait that is Green Eggs and Ham. Never the less, I do love it and have made several more recipes including pumpkin this week. This is one of them and it is a great alternative to traditional pumpkin pie.

Pumpkin Cheesecake

Recipe adapted from  All Recipes,com

Ingredients

 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

1/2 cup pumpkin puree

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 pinch ground cloves

1 pinch ground nutmeg

Crust

* There are several options here.

 Premade graham cracker crust

 Or make your own using graham cracker crumbs and butter then bake.

 Make your own using crushed cookies ( Trader Joe Windmill cookies crushed) and 1/2 cups of butter melted

Directions for Crust:

Mix together and press into tart shell or 9 inch pie plate. Bake on 350 for about 10 minutes or until brown. Let cool before you add filling.

Directions for Filling:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Blend in eggs one at a time. Remove 1 cup of batter and spread into bottom of crust; set aside.

Add pumpkin, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg to the remaining batter and stir gently until well blended. Carefully spread over the batter in the crust.

Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until center is almost set. Allow to cool, then refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight.

If you use a tart pan, after it has cooled overnight or for at least 3 hours, slip off the tart ring and place on a platter. This makes cutting the pie much easier. Otherwise just slice from your 9 inch pie plate. You can serve this with whipped cream too!

Although this pumpkin cheesecake is delicious I will still be making traditional pumpkin pie for my guests, even if I am the only one that eats it!

Modifications:

I did not have a premade crust or any fresh graham crackers, so I ground up Trade Joe windmill cookies. In the past I have also used any sort white sugar cookie or ginger snaps. Mix 1 3/4 cups of crumbs with 1/2 cup melted butter and press into pan.

I also used 1 package of 1/3 less fat cream cheese and 1 package fat free. In addition, I did add a pint more of each of the spices. I love  these spices and I personally like the pie to have a spicier flavor. It tastes excellent as written above, I just like it more spicy. Make it to your tastes and those of your guests.

Linking to:

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Fall, Fall recipes, Pumpkin Cheesecake, Recipies

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Comments

  1. Palomasea says

    October 21, 2011 at 7:16 am

    You are too funny! Gotta love Dr. Seuss…
    You've done it again, it's pumpkin Nirvana!!
    Yummy..

    Hugs to you,
    – Irina

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  2. The enchanted home says

    October 21, 2011 at 11:13 am

    Elizabeth, this looks outrageously good!!!! YUMMY!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe and its OK the Dr. Seuss can apply to cheesecake and not just green eggs and ham:)

    Reply
  3. YONKS says

    October 21, 2011 at 11:25 am

    Pumpkin Cheescake, you're a genius Elizabeth. You must look forward to autumn so much with that pumpkin love!
    Warm wishes from Wales XXX
    Di

    Reply
  4. Castles Crowns and Cottages says

    October 21, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    OH YES…I am late, but I come with an appetite for CHEESECAKE and look at how lovely the layers look; appearances make the difference! HI THERE DEAREST ONE! Anita

    Reply
  5. lisa Moran, Bilancia Designs says

    October 22, 2011 at 3:37 pm

    This looks delicious!
    I LOVE to bake..and this is the perfect, chilly, Fall weekend to try this recipe.
    Thank you…and I look forward to trying more! 🙂

    Have a wonderful weekend~
    Lisa

    Reply
  6. Kim @ Savvy Southern Style says

    October 27, 2011 at 12:50 am

    This looks so good. I will have to bookmark this to try. Thanks for sharing at Wow.

    Reply
  7. Debbiedoos says

    September 21, 2012 at 1:56 am

    Oh boy this looks delish! thanks for sharing at the pumpkin party..this looks fab!

    Reply
  8. Snap says

    September 22, 2012 at 1:25 am

    Pumpkin lovers unite!!! 😀 😀 This looks wonderful!

    Reply

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