Pumpkin Marble Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 1/2 cups gingersnap crumbs (cookies smashed)
• 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1/3 cup margarine, melted
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 3/4 cup sugar, divided
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 ------crust-------.
• 3 mix crumbs, pecans and margarine; press onto bottom and 1-1/2 inches up sides of a 9-inch springform pan. bake 10-minutes at 350°f.
• 4 ---------filling--------.
• 5 beat cream cheese, 1/2-c sugar and vanilla at medium speed until well blended.
• 6 add eggs 1 at a time, mixing well after each.
• 7 reserve 1 cup of batter.
• 8 add remaining sugar, pumpkin and spices to remaining batter mixing well.
• 9 spoon pumpkin and cream cheese batters alternately over crust.
• 10 cut through batters with a knife multiple times to create a marble effect.
• 11 bake 55 minutes at 350°f.
• 12 loosen cake from edge of pan;cool before removing rim, refrigerate.