Pumpkin Cheese Torte

By dhoffmanlatter

Ingredients

• crust:
• 1 3/4 c graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 c chopped pecans
• 1 stick butter, melted
• 1/4 cup sugar
• cheese layer:
• 2 8 oz pkg cream cheese
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 c sugar
• pumpkin layer :
• 16 oz pumpkin
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1 t salt
• 3 egg yolks (save whites)
• 1/2 c milk
• 1 t cinnamon
• 1 envelope knox gelatin
• whipped cream
• pecan halves

Preparation

Step 1

1. crust: mix all ingredients and press into bottom of buttered 9 by 13 inch pan. preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. cheese layer: beat ingredients together and pour over crust. bake 20-30 minutes.

3. pumpkin layer: blend all ingredients and heat to boiling thru cinammon

4.dissolve gelatin into 1/4 cup water. mix into pumpkin and cool.

5. beat egg whites and 1/4 cup sugar till stiff not hard. fold into pumpkin mix and spread over cream cheese layer.

6. refrigerate several hours.

7. before serving top with whipping cream and pecan halves.