Nifty No-bake Pumpkin Swirl Cheese Cake
From mystic_river1 15 years ago
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- Serves 12
Beautiful, rich and oh so tasty. What a splendiferous Fall dessert this will make. And for your Thanksgiving table, a thing of beauty. Recipe and picture copyrighted:BHG
Ingredients
- l 3/4 cup finely crushed graham crackers shopping list
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted shopping list
- 1 8-ounce package reduced-fat cream cheese (Neufchatel) shopping list
- 1/2 cup sugar or sugar substitute* equivalent to 1/2 cup sugar shopping list
- 1/2 cup fat-free milk shopping list
- 2 teaspoons vanilla shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon finely shredded orange peel shopping list
- 2 8-ounce packages fat-free cream cheese shopping list
- 1 15-ounce can pumpkin shopping list
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice shopping list
- 1 envelope unflavored gelatin shopping list
- 1/4 cup orange juice shopping list
How to make it
- For crust: In a medium bowl, stir together crushed graham crackers and melted butter until crackers are moistened. Press mixture onto bottom of an 8-inch springform pan. Cover and chill while preparing filling.
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- For filling:
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- In a food processor or blender, combine the reduced-fat cream cheese, 1/4 cup of the sugar, 1/4 cup of the milk, the vanilla, and orange peel.
- Cover and process or blend until smooth.
- Transfer to a medium bowl; set aside.
- In a food processor or blender, combine fat-free cream cheese, pumpkin, remaining 1/4 cup sugar, remaining 1/4 cup milk, and the pumpkin pie spice.
- Cover and process or blend until smooth.
- In a small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over orange juice; let stand for 5 minutes.
- Cook and stir over low heat until gelatin is dissolved.
- Stir 1 tablespoon of the gelatin mixture into the white cream cheese mixture and the remaining gelatin mixture into the pumpkin mixture.
- Pour pumpkin mixture over chilled crust in pan.
- Carefully pour white cream cheese mixture over pumpkin mixture. Using a narrow, thin-bladed metal spatula or a table knife, swirl pumpkin and white mixtures.
- Cover and chill overnight before serving. 0
- To serve, using a small sharp knife, loosen cheesecake from side of springform pan; remove side of pan.
- Cut into wedges.
The Rating
Reviewed by 15 people-
This sounds fantastic love the swirl effect and the fact that it is no a no bake recipe.
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What a lovely cheese cake recipe, especially for this time of year. High 5!
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Got my 5. Beautiful recipe...
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