Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 cup graham cracker crumbs (about 15 crackers)
    1/2 cup chopped toasted hazelnuts
    3 tablespoons butter, melted
    3 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
    1 cup tightly packed light brown sugar
    3/4 cup heavy cream
    4 eggs
    2 teaspoon vanilla
    1 can (16 ounce) solid pack pumpkin, like Libby's
    3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
    2 teaspoons each pumpkin pie spice and fresh orange zest (I substituted 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves)
Preparation
    Heat oven to 325 degrees.
    Combine first 3 ingredients.
    Press into greased 9-inch springform pan wrapped in foil.
    Bake 10 minutes.
    Combine next 5 ingredients.
    Whisk next 3 ingredients into 2 cups cream cheese batter.
    Stir rest into remaining batter. Pour pumpkin batter into crust.
    Swirl in cream cheese mixture. Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes in pan filled with 1-inch water.
    Leave in water bath 30 minutes to set.
    Makes 12 servings.

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