PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

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Provided by Harmony Marceau

Categories     dessert

Time 9h35m

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 15

2 packages honey graham crackers (about 20 rectangles)
1 cup walnuts or pecans
1 1/2 sticks butter, melted
2 1/2 pounds cream cheese
1 cup sugar
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
3 egg yolks, lightly beaten
2 teaspoons cinnamon
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin
Heavy cream whipped with brandy, for serving

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
  • For the crust: Put the graham crackers in a food processor and process until all the pieces are broken down to a sand-like consistency. Add the nuts and process until they are completely combined with the graham crackers. With the processor on, pour the butter in a slow steady stream, until the mixture looks bound together. Press the crust evenly into the bottom and a little up the sides of a 9-inch springform pan. Set aside.
  • For the filling: In a large bowl, mix together; cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and yolks. Add cinnamon, flour, cloves, and ginger. Blend together. Add cream and vanilla, and blend well. At this point, reserve 1/4 cup of the mixture. Add the pumpkin and blend until the color is even.
  • Pour the pumpkin filling into the prepared crust. Take the reserved mixture and create a design on top; a swirl, or pour thin lines across, from top to bottom, then take a knife and working perpendicular to the lines of white filling, run the knife through in similarly spaced lines.
  • Place on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 275 degrees F and bake for 1 more hour. Cool, then chill in the fridge overnight.
  • Serve with brandied whipped cream.

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