Pumpkin White Chocolate Cheesecake
Source of Recipe
Stop & Shop Fall 1999 Issue
List of Ingredients
- Crust: 2/3 cup ginger snaps, finely ground
- 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
- Cheesecake Filling: 2 - 8oz. packages of cream cheese-at room temperature
- 1 1/3 cups Sugar
- 5 Eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp. Vanilla
- 4 Tbsp. White Chocolate Chips, melted
- 1 cup Solid Pack Pumpkin ( I freeze the remaining pumpkin)
- 4 Tbsp. Unsalted Butter, melted
- 1 tsp. Cinnamon
- 1 tsp. Ground Ginger
- 1/2 tsp. Ground Cloves
- 2 Tbsp. Flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9-inch
springform pan. Tightly wrap aluminum foil around the bottom and half way up the outside of the pan. The pan will be placed in a water bath, so make sure the foil is tightly secured.
- Mix together the ground ginger snaps and melted butter. Press into the bottom of the pan. Set aside.
- Mix the cream cheese and suger in a small bowl and gently beat with an electric mixer. Slowly add eggs and vanilla. Continue to mix the ingredients, adding the melted butter.
- Place 1 cup of cheesecake batter in a separate bowl. Add melted white chocolate chips and nix by hand until fully incorporated.
- To the remaining batter, add the pumpkin, cinnamon, ginger, clove and flour. Beat gently until all are fully blended.
- Place the prepared pan into a larger pan that is deep enough to hold several inches of water.
- Pour pumpkin cheesecake batter into the prepared spring form pan.
- Randomly place several tablespoons of the white chocolate batter on top of the pumpkin batter using all of it.
- Using a knife, swirl the white chocolate batter to create a marbled effect.
- Place pans in oven. Using a pitcher, pour room temperature water into the larger pan until water is no more than 1/3 of the way up the spring form pan.
- Bake for 1 1/2 hours. Test by inserting a small knife in the center to see if it comes out clean.
- Serves 16.
Final Comments
Chef's Tip: The cheesecake is best if it is chilled for several hours, or overnight.
Ann's Tip: Be prepared to run, swim, dance or walk 5 miles. The caloric count for one slice is 397! So what - it's really good!
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