Top off your Thanksgiving feast with this decadent Caramel Pumpkin Cheesecake, which combines the best of two traditional desserts. While it looks oh-so-impressive when cut into, this sweet treat only needs 30 minutes of prep. You'll want to keep our pumpkin caramel cheesecake recipe around for the holidays—or for any time you need a picture-perfect dessert!
Caramel Pumpkin Cheesecake
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 9 hr 15 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
Crust
- 2 cups crushed graham crackers (about 32 squares)
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
Filling
- 4 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
Garnish, if desired
- Whipped topping
- Candied pecans
- Caramel topping
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 300°F. Wrap outside bottom and side of 9-inch springform pan with foil. Spray inside of pan with cooking spray. Mix crust ingredients; press in bottom and 1 inch up side of pan. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Cool 10 minutes.
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Step2In large bowl, beat cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in sugar. On low speed, beat in eggs, one at a time, just until blended. Spoon 3 cups of the mixture onto crust; spread evenly. Add pumpkin and pie spice to remaining cream cheese mixture; mix with wire whisk until smooth. Spoon over mixture in pan.
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Step3Bake 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes or until edge is set but center still jiggles slightly. Turn oven off; open door 4 inches. Leave cheesecake in oven 30 minutes. Run knife around edge of pan to loosen. Cool on cooling rack 30 minutes. Refrigerate 6 hours or overnight. Run knife around edge of pan to loosen cheesecake; carefully remove side of pan. Top with whipped topping and candied pecans. Drizzle with caramel topping.
Nutrition
400
Calories
28g
Total Fat
6g
Protein
33g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 400
- Total Fat
- 28g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 15g
- 0%
- Sodium
- 320mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 33g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Protein
- 6g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 5 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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