Paradise Pumpkin Pie

• Cheese cake layer
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 unbaked deep dish pie shell
• Pumpkin layer
• 1 1/4 cups pumpkin
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (powdered)
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (powdered)
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger (powdered)
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 2 beaten eggs
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• walnuts or pecans, for decoration

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F.
2. Combine cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, egg.
3. Pour into pastry shell.
4. Refrigerate at least 1/2 hour, or until cheesecake is firm. It has to be firm before you spoon on the pumpkin mixture.
5. Combine remaining ingredients except for syrup and nuts.
6. Spoon carefully over cream cheese mixture.
7. Bake 65-70 minutes -- when cool, brush with maple syrup and decorate with walnuts or pecans.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/paradise-pumpkin-pie-76227 (may not work)