Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
Source: Philadelphia Cream Cheese Advertizement
Serves 16 peopleCategories: Pie-cobbler-cheesecake- tarts
Ingredients
- 38 ginger snaps, finely crushed
- 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 4 pkg. (8 oz. each) Philadelphia Cream
- Cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 can (15 oz.) pumpkin
- 1 Tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping
- 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
Directions
- Heat oven to 325 degrees. Mix crumbs, nuts and butter; press onto bottom and 1 inch up side of 9-inch springform pan.
- Beat cream cheese and sugar with mixer until blended. Add pumpkin, spice and vanilla,
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mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing after each just until blended. Pour into crust.
- Bake 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes or until center is almost set. Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours. Serve with a dollop of Cool Whip and a dusting of nutmeg.