Holiday Tasting Party Recipes

RECIPE NAME: PUMPKIN MARBLE CHEESECAKE

INGREDIENTS:
CRUST:
1 1/2 cups gingersnap crumbs
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
1/3 cup margarine, melted

FILLING:
2 pkg. (8 oz. each) Philadelphia Brand cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar, divided
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
1 cup canned pumpkin
3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
3/4 tsp. ground nutmeg

HOW TO MAKE THIS:
CRUST:
Mix crumbs, pecans and margarine; press onto bottom and 1 1/2 inches up sides of a 9-inch spring form pan. Bake 10 minutes in a 350 degree oven.

FILLING:
Beat cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla at medium speed with electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Reserve 1 cup batter. Add remaining sugar, pumpkin and spices to remaining batter; mix well.

Spoon pumpkin and cream cheese batters alternately over crust; cut through batters with knife several times for marble effect. Bake 55 minutes. Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan. Refrigerate. Makes 10-12 servings.

MY NAME: Shirley Sawyer