Squash Recipe # Pumpkin Cheesecake I

I'm glad my mother gave me this recipe. I think it's better than regular pumpkin pie, because it doesn't have a really strong pumpkin taste.

Ingredients

• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
• ¾ cup white sugar
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 1 ¼ teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 eggs
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 prepared 8 inch pastry shells

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Beat together the cream cheese and the sugar, add the pumpkin and the spices. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add salt. Beat until creamy. Pour the batter evenly into the two pastry shells.
3. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 minutes or until the knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool then top with whipped topping, if desired.

Nutrition Facts

• calories218
• carbohydrateContent18.8 g
• cholesterolContent54 mg
• fatContent14.6 g
• fiberContent1 g
• proteinContent3.8 g
• saturatedFatContent7 g
• sodiumContent274 mg
• sugarContent10.4 g