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- Variants: Chocolate and maple
- How served: Dessert
- Accompaniments: Whipped cream
- Pralines can be used as a topping
- Alternative to pumpkin pie
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Pumpkin cheesecake is a cheesecake that has the pumpkin puree added to the batter before baking. A traditional pumpkin cheesecake uses a graham cracker crust, which houses a pumpkin cheesecake filling.
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Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 32 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 eggs
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How to Make Pumpkin Cheesecake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix graham cracker crumbs, butter and 1/4 cup of sugar in a medium bowl until moistened.
- Press mixture into the bottom of a nine inch springform pan.
- Bake 10-12 minutes.
- Mix cream cheese and remaining sugar using an electric mixer until smooth.
- Mix in flour.
- Mix in pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla extract and salt until smooth.
- Mix in eggs, one at a time.
- Pour the filling mixture onto the baked crust in the springform pan.
- Place the springform pan on a cookie sheet and place it in the oven. Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees.
- Bake for 45 minutes.
- Turn the oven off completely, but leave the cheesecake in for an additional two hours with the oven closed.
- Remove the cheesecake from the oven and allow to cool.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least four hours.
- Cut and serve. Makes 12 servings.
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