Thanksgiving Recipes
Pumpkin-Cream Cheese Pie
Baked in a pecan-shortbread crust, this blend of cream cheese, pumpkin and spices is easy to put together and even easier to eat!
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients
Pecan Shortbread Cookie Crust
- 1 1/2 cups lightly packed crushed shortbread cookies with pecans (16 cookies)
- 3 tablespoons Gold Medal all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
Filling
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons Gold Medal all-purpose flour
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 3 eggs
- 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
- 1 tablespoon milk
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
Pecan Shortbread Cookie Crust
- In medium bowl, mix all crust ingredients until crumbly.
- Press firmly on bottom and side of ungreased 9 inch glass pie plate.
- Bake about 12 minutes or until light golden brown.
Filling
- In a large bowl, beat sugar, 3 tablespoons flour and both packages of cream cheese with electric mixer on low speed until smooth; reserve 1/2 cup.
- Add all remaining filling ingredients except milk to cream cheese mixture. Beat on medium speed, scraping bowl constantly, until smooth.
- Pour into crust.
- In small bowl, mix reserved 1/2 cup cream cheese mixture and the milk. Spoon over pumpkin mixture. Cut through cream cheese and pumpkin mixtures with knife in S-shaped curves in one continuous motion. Turn pie plate one-fourth turn and repeat. Cover edge of crust with 2 to 3 inch strip of foil to prevent excessive browning.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean, removing foil for last 15 minutes of baking.
- Cool for 30 minutes.
- Cover loosely and refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving.
- Store in refrigerator.
Notes
There's really no need to garnish this stunning marbled pie, but if you can't resist, just add a dollop of whipped cream, a chocolate leaf or an edible flower.
Put a slightly different spin on this pumpkin delight by using a store-bought Graham cracker crumb crust instead of the cookie crumb crust you make yourself.
Nutrition
Per serving: Calories 510 (Calories from Fat 270); Total Fat 30g (Saturated Fat 15g); Cholesterol 140mg; Sodium 240mg; Total Carbohydrate 55g (Dietary Fiber 2g); Protein 9g
Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 100%; Vitamin C 2%; Calcium 6%; Iron 14%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from:
Betty Crocker Kitchens