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                    PUMPKIN WALNUT CREAM CHEESECAKE

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Serving Size  : 12   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cheesecakes                      Desserts
               Vegetables

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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                       Crust:
  1       c            Chopped walnuts
    1/2   c            Sugar
                       Mix and pat into bottom and
                       Filling:
                       And softened in a microwave
  5                    Jumbo eggs -- out of shell and
  1       c            Brown sugar
    1/4   c            Cornstarch
  1       cn           Pumpkin
  2       c            Dried bread crumbs
  1                    Butter
  1       t            Cinnamon
                       Springform pan
  2       lb           Cream cheese -- unwrapped
                       On high
                       Warmed in micro 25 secs.
    1/3   c            Sugar
    1/2   c            Heavy cream
  1 3/4   ts           Pumpkin pie spice

 Beat cheese until light and fluffy. Add sugar and beat
 again. Add eggs one at a time; beating after each. Add
 remaining ingredients. Mix well. Pour into crust and
 bake at 450 for 15 minutes with a pan of water on the
 bottom rack of oven. Reduce temp to 250 and bake 1-1/2
 hours longer. Combine 6 T. butter with 1 cup firmly
 packed brown sugar and one cup chopped walnuts. Return
 to oven for 10 minutes. Remove. Run knife around edge
 and cool thoroughly. Chill.



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