Pumpkin Cheesecake Swirl Pie Food

PUMPKIN CREAM CHEESE SWIRL PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place pie crust in a 9-inch glass pie plate and flute the edges. Bake for 6-8 minutes or until light golden brown. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees.
• In large bowl, beat sugar, flour and cream cheese with electric mixer on low speed until smooth; reserve 1/2 cup of cream cheese mixture in a small bowl. Add vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, eggs and pumpkin to cream cheese mixture. Beat on medium speed until smooth. Pour into crust.
• Stir cream into reserved cream cheese mixture. Spoon over pumpkin mixture. Cut through cream cheese and pumpkin mixtures with knife to create a marbled design.
• Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until pie is set. Cool 30 minutes. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving. Store leftovers in refrigerator.

PUMPKIN SWIRL CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Mix ginger snap crumbs, pecans and butter; press firmly onto bottom and 1 inch up side of 9-inch springform pan.
• Beat cream cheese, 3/4 cup of the sugar and the vanilla with electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Remove 1-1/2 cups of the batter; place in small bowl. Stir remaining 1/4 cup sugar, the pumpkin and spices into remaining batter. Spoon half of the pumpkin batter into crust; top with spoonfuls of half of the reserved plain batter. Repeat layers. Cut through batters with knife several times for marble effect.
• Bake 55 min. or until center is almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Cut into 16 slices. Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.

PUMPKIN SWIRL CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Toast nuts: Spread in baking pan.
• Bake, in 350 oven, 8-10 minutes until lightly browned and papery skins begin to flake.
• Turn hazelnuts out onto a towel and rub off skins.
• Leave oven at 350.
• Wrap foil over bottom and halfway up out side of 8-inch springform pan to keep butter from dripping out.
• Lightly coat the 8-inch springform pan with cooking spray.
• Crust: break crackers into a food processor.
• Add hazelnuts, sugar and butter.
• Process until fine crumbs form.
• Press firmly over bottom and 1 1/2 inch up sides of prepared pan.
• Filling: Beat cream cheese in a large bowl with mixer on high speed until smooth.
• On low speed, beat in sugar, cornstarch, vanilla, and sour cream, scrapping down sides of bowl often, until well blended.
• Add eggs and egg whites; beat just until mixed.
• Melt the chocolate chips according to the package directions.
• Add 1 1/2 cups of cheese mixture and stir until well blended.
• Stir pumpkin and spices into remaining cheese mixture until well blended.
• Reserve 1/4 C; pour rest into crust.
• Pour the chocolate mixture onto pumpkin pumpkin batter in a thick ring about 1/2 inch from sides of pan.
• Top with dollops of reserved 1/4 C pumpkin batter.
• Run a knife through both batters for a marble effect.
• Don't overdo or the effect will be muddied.
• Bake 1 hour 15 minutes or until wooden pick inserted 2 inches from center of cake comes out clean.
• Carefully run a knife around inside edge of pan to release cake.
• Cool on a wire rack, then cover and refrigerate in pan at least 4 hours or up to 1 week.
• Can be frozen up to 3 months.
• Thaw in refrigerator 2 days before serving.
• To serve: remove pan sides.
• Place on a serving plate.

PHILLY PUMPKIN SWIRL CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 325°F.
• Mix ginger snaps crumbs,pecans and butter; press firmly onto bottom and 1 inch up side of 9-inch springform pan.
• BEAT cream cheese, 3/4 cup of sugar and the vanilla with electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs one at a time, mixing on low speed after each additional just until blended. Remove 1 1/2 cups of batter; place in small bowl.
• Stir remaining 1/4 cup of sugar, the pumpkin and spices into remaining batter. Spoon half of the pumpkin batter into crust; top with spoonfuls of the reserved plain batter. Repeat layers. Cut through batters with knife several times for a marble effect.
• BAKE 55 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Cut into 16 slices. Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.