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Pumpkin-Cream Cheese Pie

"Baked in a pecan-shortbread crust, this blend of cream cheese, pumpkin and spices is easy to put together and even easier to eat!"

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.5 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (1)

Prep Time:
20 Min
Cook Time:
52 Min
Ready In:
5 Hrs 42 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 1 - 9 inch cheesecake
 

Ingredients

  • Pecan Shortbread Cookie Crust
  • 1 1/2 cups lightly packed crushed shortbread cookies with pecans (16 cookies)
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 3 tablespoons Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
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  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 3 egg
  • 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
  • 1 tablespoon milk

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Mix all Pecan Shortbread Cookie Crust ingredients. Press firmly on bottom and side of ungreased pie plate, 9x1 1/4 inches. Bake about 12 minutes or until light brown. Cool.
  2. Beat sugar, flour and both packages cream cheese in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed until smooth; reserve 1/2 cup. Add remaining ingredients except milk to cream cheese mixture. Beat on medium speed, scraping bowl constantly, until smooth. Pour into crust.
  3. Stir milk into reserved cream cheese mixture. Spoon over pumpkin mixture. Cut through cream cheese and pumpkin mixtures with knife in S-shaped curves in one continuous motion. Turn pie plate one-fourth turn and repeat.
  4. Cover edge of crust with 2- to 3-inch strip of aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil the last 15 minutes of baking. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 30 minutes. Cover loosely and refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving. Store covered in refrigerator.

Footnotes

  • ®Reg. T.M. of General Mills, Inc. or its affiliates

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 498 | Total Fat: 29.9g | Cholesterol: 143mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 29, 2002 by MARIAP1919   view full review
The whipped cream with maple is great - i use only realy pumpkins and put the maple in with...

 

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