[mod.recipes] RECIPE: Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe

oday@hplabsc (Vicki O'Day) (01/16/86)

.RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE PUMPKIN-CAKE D "13 Dec 85"
.RZ "PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE" "A cheesecake rich with pumpkin flavor"
.IH "1 10-inch cake"
.IG "1 1/2 cups" "graham cracker crumbs"
.IG "1/2 cup" "walnuts,"
finely chopped
.IG "3 Tbsp" "sugar"
.IG "1/4 tsp" "pumpkin pie spice mixture"
.IG "1 1/2 tsp" "pumpkin pie spice mixture"
.IG "6 Tbsp" "butter"
(melted)
.IG "1 lb" "creamed cottage cheese"
(small curd)
.IG "4" "eggs"
(large, or use 5 medium)
.IG "1 1/2 lb"  "cream cheese"
(3 large pkgs), softened by warming
.IG "1 cup" "sugar"
.IG "2 Tbsp" "flour"
.IG "1 tsp" "orange rind"
(grated)
.IG "1/4 tsp" "salt"
.IG "16 oz" "pumpkin"
(\fInot\fR pumpkin pie filling)
.IG "16 oz" "sour cream"
.IG "1/4 cup" "orange marmalade"
(or more to taste, up to 1 cup)
.IG "some" "orange slices"
for garnish (optional)
.PH
.SK 1
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
.SK 2
Mix graham cracker crumbs, walnuts, sugar,
1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice and the butter.
.SK 3
Press evenly into
the bottom of a 10-inch springform pan.  Bake 10 minutes, then cool.
(Leave the oven on to 300 degrees.)
.SK 4
Mix cottage cheese and eggs in a blender until smooth.  Beat the cream
cheese, sugar, flour, orange rind, 1 1/2 teapoons pumpkin pie spice, salt
and cottage cheese mixture in a large mixing bowl until smooth.  Fold in
the pumpkin.
.SK 5
Pour over the graham cracker crust.  Bake at 300 degrees
for 1 1/2 hours.  Turn the oven off, and leave the cheesecake in the
oven with the door ajar for 1 hour.
.SK 6
Remove from oven.  Heat the oven
to 350 degrees F.
.SK 7
Mix the sour cream and the marmalade.  Spread over
the top of the cheesecake.
.SK 8
Bake 10 minutes.  Cool slightly, garnish
with orange slices if you like, then refrigerate.
.SH RATING
.I Difficulty:
Moderate.
.I Time:
40 minutes preparation, 2 hours cooking, 1 hour cooling.
.I Precision:
Measure carefully.
.WR
Vicki O'Day
hplabs!oday