Pumpkin Cheesecake

BratGyrl's Note:

This is from Paula Deens show, and if you taste this you will never eat Pumpkin Pie Again, because this is so DARN good!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 8

Yield: 1.0 cake

Crust

• 1 ¾ cups graham cracker crumbs
• 3 tablespoons light brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ cup melted salted butter

Filling

• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese , at room temperature
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 3 eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• ¼ cup sour cream
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄8; teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg
• 1⁄8; teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. For crust:.
3. In medium bowl, combine crumbs, sugar and cinnamon. Add melted butter. Press down flat into a 9-inch springform pan. Set aside.
4. For filling:.
5. Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add pumpkin puree, eggs, egg yolk, sour cream, sugar and the spices. Add flour and vanilla. Beat together until well combined.
6. Pour into crust. Spread out evenly and place oven for 1 hour. Remove from the oven and let sit for 15 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours.

Reviews

[RedJim]

Made this Pumpkin Cheesecake for Thanksgiving dessert. Only the third Pumpkin pie style dish I've ever attempted. It is decadent. It is so very tasty. Will never stray from this recipe in the future. (did use a Marie Callendar prepared pie crust) Recipe yielded two cheesecake pies. Thanks, Brat