Holiday Pumpkin Cheesecake

By longhornfans

Ingredients

• 40 gingersnap cookies, crumbled
• 1-3/4 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread, melted
• 3 packages (8 oz. ea.) cream cheese, softened
• 1 can (15 oz.) pumpkin
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 Tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
• (1-1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon; 1/2 tsp, ground nutmeg; 1/2 tsp. ground ginger; 1/4 tsp. ground allspice)
• 6 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 cup (1/2 pt.) heavy or whipping cream
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Details

Servings 16
Adapted from yummly.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Place 13 x 9-inch roasting pan filled halfway with water on bottom rack in oven. Preheat oven to 325°.
2. Combine cookie crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup melted I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread in small bowl. Press crumb mixture onto bottom and halfway up sides in 10-inch springform pan; set aside.
3. Beat cream cheese and remaining 1-1/2 cups sugar in medium bowl with electric mixer until mixture is creamy, about 3 minutes.
4. Beat in pumpkin, remaining 1/2 cup melted Spread, flour and pumpkin pie spice until smooth.
5. Gradually beat in eggs, cream and vanilla until smooth.
6. Pour into prepared springform pan.
7. Bake in center of oven 1 hour 30 minutes or until edges are golden and middle is almost set. Without opening the door, turn oven off and let cheesecake stand in oven 30 minutes.
8. Cool completely on wire rack. Cover and refrigerate overnight (best if made 1 day ahead).