Pumpkin-Pecan Cheesecake
photo by adelle143
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
10
ingredients
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Topping
- 1⁄2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 5 tablespoons butter, chilled
- 1 1⁄2 cups chopped pecans
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Cheesecake
- 1 1⁄2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 3⁄4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted
- 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 1⁄2 cup whipping cream
- 1 can pumpkin puree
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon clove
directions
- For topping: Place sugar in small bowl; add butter and cut in until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Stir in pecans and set aside.
- For cheesecake: Blend crumbs, ¼ cup sugarand butter in bowl.
- Press into bottom and up sides of 9 inch diameter springform pan.
- Chill.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (165C).
- Beat cream cheese until smooth.
- Mix in white and brown sugars.
- Add eggs, one at a time, and beat until fluffy.
- Blend in pumpkin, cream and spices.
- Pour into crust.
- Bake until centre no longer moves when pan is shaken, about 1 ½ hours.
- Sprinkle topping over cheesecake.
- Bake 15 minutes longer.
- Cool.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- (can be prepared 2 days before serving).
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.