Pumpkin Cheesecake - love pumpkin pie? well this is for you!

http://familyfavorites-recipes.blogspot.com/2010/11/pumpkin-cheesecake.html

I created a blog over the summer to have a place to 'stash' all my recipes. This way, my family and friends will always be able to bake what I baked where ever they are. .



Pumpkin Cheesecake





NOTE: this makes TWO 8 inch cheesecakes. cut recipe in half if you wish only one cheesecake. I have found that 2 cheesecakes bake just as well in the oven as one.

batter
6 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
1.5 cup granulated sugar
4 large eggs
1 cup homemade pumpkin puree, strained (measure after straining)
1 cup evaporated milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons ginger
1 teaspoon cloves


crust
1 bag coconut flakes
½ stick butter, melted

½ stick butter for coating pans.
2 cheesecakes – 8” pans 350*F

45 minutes or until no longer jiggly in center. Turn off oven and leave door propped open til you can touch the cheesecake pans without burning yourself badly. Fridge overnight.

Freeze and serve or eat 24+ hours later. Cheesecakes will keep in fridge 7 days. Good luck trying to make them last that long. If my family or friends even think there’s a cheesecake lurking in my fridge, they’re gonna find it – long before 7 days. ..

This cheesecake freezes marvelously. So bake ahead for the holidays. It's what I do. Shh. now you know another of my secrets. 'cause with kids, one may not have time when one WANTS time. so you do what you can, when you can do it.

This looks so good! Please forgive me for not being knowledgeable about cooking, but when you say 8 inch pans, do you mean 8 inch pie pans?

Miinva, for cheesecake you need either a cheesecake pan (the one with the collar that fastens around the plate at the bottom...it's also called a springform pan

A deep regular cake pan will support the sides, but your cheesecake will be harder to get out of the pan.

A pie plate is too shallow -- it won't cook properly.

Thank you Just what I need, yet another kitchen unitasker! (Can you tell that we love Alton Brown's show, Good Eats? )

Unfortunately, it's one of the few things where it's the ONLY thing that will do well for cheesecake.

I got rid of most of my unitaskers when we moved...it was awesome.