Makes:
16 servings
Total Time:
1 hr 30 min
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Category:
Desserts
Sub Category: Cheesecakes
what you need
- CRUST:
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- PIE:
- 2 pkg. (8 oz. each) Philadelphia Cream Cheese
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 16 oz. pumpkin
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. ginger
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
- Dash salt
- 2 eggs
make it
CRUST:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Blend in 1 egg. Add flour; mix well. Press dough on bottom and 2" high around sides of 9" spring-form pan. Bake for 5 minutes.
PIE:
Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Combine softened Philadelphia Cream Cheese and sugar. Mix at MEDIUM speed of electric mixer until well blended. Blend in pumpkin, spices and salt; mix well. Add 2 eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Pour mixture into pastry-lined spring-form pan; smooth surface to edge of crust.
BAKE at 350 degrees F for 50 minutes. Chill.
Notes
If desired, garnish with Cool Whip Whipped Topping just before serving.
