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Pumpkin Spice Cookies and Cream Cheesecake

A gently spiced cheesecake with pumpkin and a cookies and cream swirl.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings: 12 slices
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 24 chocolate sandwich cookies crushed
  • 5 tbsp butter melted
  • 24 oz cream cheese softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 8 chocolate sandwich cookies chopped

Method
 

  1. Heat oven to 325F and press the cookie crust into a springform pan.
  2. Beat cream cheese and brown sugar smooth, then mix in pumpkin puree.
  3. Add eggs one at a time, then the pumpkin pie spice.
  4. Fold in the chopped cookies and pour over the crust.
  5. Bake about 65 minutes until the center is just set.
  6. Cool, then refrigerate at least 6 hours before slicing.

Notes

Use pure pumpkin puree, not pie filling, so you control the sweetness.