Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake
Spiced Pumpkin Cheescake 38 nabisco cookies Ginger Snaps finely crushed 1/4 cup finely chopped Pecans 1/4 cup butter, melted 4 package cream cheese, softened 1 cup sugar 1 can pumpkin 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice 1 tsp vanilla 4 eggs 1 cup thawed cool ship for topping 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg Heat oven 325. Mix crumbs, nuts, and butter. press onto bottom and 1 inch up side of 9-inch springform pan. Beat cream cheese and sugar with mixer until blended. Add pumpkin, spice, and vanilla; mix well. add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing after each just until blended. Pour crust. Bake 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes or until center is almost set. Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours. Serve with a dollop of COOL WHIP and a dusting of nutmeg.