Dreamy Creamy Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe
Dreamy and creamy perfectly describe this decadent pumpkin cheesecake recipe!! (Sounds like a couple of Snow White’s seven dwarfs. lol) Okay, in all seriousness I should not joke when it comes to pumpkin cheesecake! This is one of my all time favourite Italian dessert recipes for sure. It is reasonably quick and easy to make if you are expecting company. (or just expecting, like my daughter, hee hee) Pumpkin is so good for you! See the article on my blog page titled, The Great Pumpkin.
Another bonus is that there is not a ridiculous amount of sugar added to this recipe, although its richness will fool you. I promise you, if you are a cheesecake fan….. this is one recipe that you will want to make over and over again.
Michele Romano Recipes
Dreamy Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe
Ingredients:
- Graham crust for 9 inch glass pie plate or 11×7 glass dish.
- 1 – 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 3 – 1/2 tbsp melted butter
Mix together and pat into dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes.
- 2 – 250 gram packages or tubs cream cheese
- 3/4 cup sugar ( I used organic cane sugar)
- 1 -1/4 cup canned or fresh pureed pumpkin
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg
- Dash of ground cloves
- 3 organic eggs
- Small carton whipping cream
- Optional: Caramel syrup for drizzling (I used coconut nectar, it tastes better than caramel!)
Preparation:
- Using a mixer, blend cream cheese and sugar until creamy.
- Add in pumpkin, vanilla, and spices, mix well.
- Add eggs until blended, do not over beat once you add eggs.
- Pour this mixture over graham cracker crust.
- Bake in oven at 325 degrees for 45 minutes or until knife comes out clean from centre.
- Refrigerate for 3-4 hours.
- Top with whipping cream.
- Lightly drizzle caramel back and forth over the top.
- Lightly dust the top with cinnamon.
Prep Time: 30 min.
Cook Time: 45 min.
Serves: 8
Live Long and Mangia!
Health Benefits: Pumpkins are incredibly rich in vital antioxidants, and vitamins. This humble backyard low calorie vegetable contains vitamin A, flavonoid poly-phenolic antioxidants such as xanthin, leutin, and carotenes in abundance.
Coconut Syrup is the healthiest sugar substitution out there. The glycemic index of coconut syrup is considered very low making it very helpful in avoiding chronic diseases, such as type 2-diabetes. It also contains useful nutrients, such as vitamin B complex, vitamin C, amino acids essential and many important mineral.