PHILADELPHIA Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake

By keledru

Ingredients

• 38 NABISCO Ginger Snaps, finely crushed
• 1/4 cup finely chopped PLANTERS Pecans
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 4 (8 ounce) packages PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 eggs

Details

Servings 16
Adapted from allrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

Heat oven to 325 degrees F

Mix crumbs, nuts and butter; press onto bottom and 1 inch up side of 9-inch springform pan.

Beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add pumpkin, spice and vanilla; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour into crust.

Bake 1 hour 20 min. to 1 hour 30 min. or until center is almost set. Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours.