I made this during the holidays for the first time. It was so good people came to me to make special orders. I was so amazied how they enjoyed it. I am going to make it now for a family reunion.

I used this crust with regular cheesecake on top and my husband would not stop raving about the crust. I also substituted pecans for the hazelnuts, since I'm not a big fan of hazel nuts.

It is very good. It tastes a lot like a creamy pumkin pie. Would make again for T-giving as it isn't overly sweet and it therefore makes for a nice ending for big a meal --with coffee.

Excellent alternative to pumpkin pie!

Awesome! I made this for my family and for my husband's family and they all loved it! Very easy recipe and tasted great. I substituted the hazelnuts for pecans and it was great!

I loved this recipe. It was very easy to do and tasted great. This was my first time trying to make a cheese cake and it turned out awesome. Everyone loved it. Next time I will follow the advise of another and put it in a water bath because mine did crack pretty bad. But I think it was great for a first timer.

First let me just say I'm rating the recipe on the flavor combination. I flaked out and forgot to make it the night before so I had to improvise and make a no bake cheesecake. I mixed the softened cream cheese, maple syrup, vanilla, brown sugar and pumpkin for the filling. The crust I made out of the crushed gingersnaps and crused almonds. My variation came out wonderfully and everyone loved the flavor.

Never made this fancy kind of cheesecake before. But was pleasantly surprised with the result! Will definitely make again!! Listened to others suggestions: make CERTAIN to use a waterbath when baking; used 4 T of butter; used 1/4 c ground hazelnuts; added 1/2 t nutmeg. Will try another suggestion when I make again: bake for just over 1 hour, then turn oven off for final 30 min. This should make the texture more creamier. Absolutely best if eaten the following day after being in the refrigerator!

I have never made cheesecake before, and this recipe was amazing! No one would eat the other pies that we had for Thanksgiving. I did have difficulty crushing the gingersnap cookies, but I would not eliminate the for anything. The edges turn slightly brown (before the center had set) is there a way to avoid this? It didn't taste the least bit burnt, so I thought it was just how the gingersnap crust cooked.

This was good, but not what my expectations thought it would be like. The crust was really good, the filling wasn't very firm like cheesecake, it was very silky, mouth fill was not what I was used to. Not very spicey, thought it could be a little more punchy. The family liked it but it wasn't the first thing to go.

I've made this a few times now and I love this concept. I've made it with both pecans and hazelnuts. I double the spices, and have also used fresh pumpkin which gives it such a different texture and flavor. I make this as opposed to pumpkin pie, and I like this much better. Still experimenting with the crust, as it does get soggy, but I think this recipe is definitely a keeper.

Delicious! I made it with pecans and added some more ginger to the crust. I will make this again and again. Thank you! Lenora43

Yummy! Everyone was so impressed with this dessert at Thanksgiving this year. It will certainly become a family favorite. I baked it exactly as the recipe stated but I did bake it in a water bath. The top was very slightly darker that I would have liked it but it tasted wonderful. Will absolutely make this again!

I even messed up and put 2 eggs in the cheesecake side so I was worried and cooked it 20 min. first the added pumpkin and cooked again. The best I've made yet and not really cheesecake like!

This recipe was amazing! Tried it this year for Thanksgiving and everyone asked for more! Very light and fluffy. I did bake in a water bath to keep from cracking. I also only baked for one hour and then turned off the oven and left it in there another hour. I only used gingersnaps in the crust and lessened the butter to keep the crust less greasy. Turned out great, will definitely be making again.

This was really good. I wanted to make it once before I made it for Thanksgiving. At first, when I couldnt wait to have a slice before letting it cool ni the fridge overnight, I was a little disappointed. But the next day I had a slice and it was divine. I used walnuts instead and since we are in a temporary house I was only able to crush them in a blender so therewere some pretty big chunks. Despite my worries over that, I think I actually prefer the bigger chucnks of nut. It gives the crust a great texture. I will use less butter (used 5 tbsp instead of 6... next time will cut down to 4 tbsp) and will use 4 packs of cream cheese instead of 3 as I like more of a cheese flavor. Hopefully it turns out as good or better!

The flavors in this recipe are amazing, but it is not as easy as the previous reviews made it sound. If you decide to make individual cakes in muffin tins, use heavy duty papers. This amount of filling made enough for 24 individual cupcakes, so you need two cupcake pans to make it (unless you want to ruin the first twelve when you try to remove them from the pan, like I did). But again, the taste makes all the trouble worthwhile.