Streusel-Topped Pumpkin Cheesecake
Ingredients:
Beat:
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
6 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Add:
2 eggs
Spread mixture over bottom of 3 pre-bought graham cracker crusts.
Mix together:
4 eggs, slightly beaten
2 cup canned pumpkin
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spices
1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
Spoon pumpkin mixture over cheese mixture. Run knife side-ways through the two layers to marbleize. (Just enough to make thick swirls of cheese through the pumpkin.) Be careful not to break through the graham crusts. Bake 1/2 hour at 350 degrees F. Pull pies out of oven and add the streusel mix on top.
Blend streusel mix:
1/2 cup brown sugar
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups chopped nuts*
Return to oven for another 30 minutes or until knife is inserted and comes out clean. Let cool. Take one to dinner, keep one for home, and give one to your neighbor or co-worker.
* Pecans are best, but walnuts are good too.
B-man
