As you enjoy a delicious Thanksgiving feast be sure to save room for the grand finale…dessert! Our chefs from Isle of Capri Casino Hotel in Lake Charles, La. have given us a recipe for Pumpkin Cheesecake. Enjoy and we wish you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Pumpkin Cheesecake
INGREDIENTS
Filling:
2 lb. 4 oz. cream cheese
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
15 oz. sour cream
½ tbsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. nutmeg
8 oz. pumpkin filling
Crust:
12 oz. graham cracker crumbs
1 oz. butter (melted)
1/8 cup sugar
DIRECTIONS
Filling:
Cream the cream cheese and sugar together until smooth. Add eggs one at a time. Add sour cream and mix until incorporated. Add pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg, mix until incorporated.
Crust:
Mix melted butter, graham crackers crumbs and sugar together until incorporated. Press crumbs into the bottom of a spring form pan. Pour filling over crumbs. Bake at 200 degrees for two hours. When cheesecake is cool, remove from pan and top with sour cream.
