Recipes..Pumpkin Cheesecake

Ingredients

Crust
1 1/4 cup vanilla wafers, crushed
5 tbsp butter
5 tbsp sugar


Cheesecake filling
3 8-ounce packages of cream cheese, softened

1 cup sugar
3 tbsp flour
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 cup canned pumpkin
4 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions

Crust
1. Heat oven to 325 degrees.
2. In a small bowl, combine crust ingredients and mix well.
3. Press mixture into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch springform pan.
4. Bake crust for 10 minutes then remove and set aside.


Cheesecake filling
1. Reduce oven to 300 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, blend the cream cheese, sugar, flour and pumpkin pie spice with an electric mixer (Use low speed to keep less air from getting into the batter, which can cause cracks).
3. Add the pumpkin, eggs and vanilla extract. Beat until well combined.
4. Pour the filling into the pan with the crust. Drop onto the counter a few times to release any air bubbles.
5. Bake for 1 hour. Turn off heat and leave in oven with door closed for 30 minutes or until set.
6. Remove from oven and chill.

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