Paradise Pumpkin Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (8 oz.) pkg. Philadelphia cream cheese
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 egg
1 (9-inch) unbaked pastry shell
1 1/4 c. canned pumpkin
1 c. evaporated milk
1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
dash of salt

Preparation

Combine softened cream cheese, sugar and vanilla, mixing until well blended.
Blend in egg.
Spread onto bottom of pastry shell. Combine remaining ingredients; mix well.
Carefully pour over cream cheese mixture.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour and 5 minutes. Cool.
Brush with maple syrup and garnish with pecan halves, if desired.