Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie with Gingersnap Crust

Holiday Recipes, Recipes, Sweet Treats November 22, 2015

There’s something funny about time. When you’re in a four-hour meeting, time moves quite slowly. But in the grand scheme of things, life moves quickly. Sometimes changes happen before you’re ready for them and sometimes when they happen, you realize that they were in fact long overdue.

In this case, I’m glad that time is flying as quickly as it is because the fact that it’s November means that it’s almost time for Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving is like Christmas for most foodies. Not only do you get to spend most of the day in the kitchen baking, basting, stirring and chopping, but the day culminates with a group of people oohing and aahing over the meal.

Contrary to just about every other meal I eat during the year, at Thanksgiving, dessert is my least favorite part. If you pace yourself like me, you’ll be too full for dessert by the time the pumpkin pie rolls around.

Creamy and just rich enough, this cheesecake is an easy replacement for any pumpkin pie and its gingersnap crust is the perfect teaser for a holiday season filled with gingerbread men and sugar cookies.

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Creamy Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie with Gingersnap Crust

Author: Maris Callahan

Recipe type: Sweet Treats, Holiday Recipes

Prep time: 15 mins

Cook time: 45 mins

Total time: 1 hour

Serves: 10-12

Ingredients

¾ cups ginger snap cookies crumbs (from about 25 gingersnaps, ground in food processor)
⅛ cup sugar
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
For the filling:
2 packages (8 ounces each) reduced-fat bar cream cheese, very soft
¾ cups sugar
1½ tablespoons all-purpose flour
½ cup canned pumpkin puree
1 tablespoon pumpkin-pie spice
½ tablespoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon salt
2 large eggs, room temperature

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with rack in center. Lightly butter a 9" glass pie pan.
Make the crust: In a medium bowl, mix cookie crumbs, sugar, and butter until moistened; press firmly into bottom of pan. Bake 10 to 12 minutes.
Make the filling: With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar on low speed until smooth; mix in flour. Add pumpkin puree, pie spice, vanilla, and salt; mix just until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, mixing until each is incorporated before adding the next.
Pour filling into pie pan, and gently smooth top. Transfer to oven; reduce oven heat to 300 degrees. Bake 45 minutes. Turn off oven; let cheesecake stay in oven 2
Remove from oven; cool completely. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate until firm, at least 4 hours or overnight.

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Maris Callahan

Maris Callahan has been blogging about cooking, dining and entertaining since 2008. A public relations director by day, Maris is also a brand spokesperson, freelance writer and media relations expert with more than 10 years experience working with consumer brands. She lives in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood with her boyfriend Brad, chihuahua Henry and a very well-stocked pantry.

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Emily

November 20, 2011 at 6:28 pm

after it bakes and you turn the oven off, how long do you leave it in the oven? above, it just says “let cheesecake stay in oven 2.” my mom LOVES cheesecake and i wanted to make it for her birthday on tues 🙂

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