Sweet Potato Cheesecake

• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/3 cup chopped pecans
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 1 (16-ounce) container cream-style cottage cheese
• 2 1/2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 large eggs
• 2 cups mashed cooked sweet potatoes
• 1 (16-ounce) container sour cream
• 1/3 cup orange marmalade
• Garnishes: orange rind strips, fresh mint

1. Combine first 5 ingredients, stirring until blended; press into bottom and 1 inch up sides of a 10-inch springform pan.
2. Bake at 350u0b0 for 6 minutes; cool.
3. Beat cottage cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add cream cheese and next 4 ingredients; beat at medium speed until mixture is smooth. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Fold in mashed sweet potato, and pour into prepared crust.
4. Bake at 300u0b0 for 1 1/2 hours. Combine sour cream and marmalade, stirring until blended; spread over cheesecake. Bake 10 more minutes; cool on a wire rack. Cover and chill 8 hours. Garnish, if desired.

graham cracker crumbs, pecans, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, butter, cottage cheese, cream cheese, sugar, orange rind, pumpkin pie spice, salt, eggs, mashed cooked sweet potatoes, sour cream, orange marmalade, orange rind strips

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/sweet-potato-cheesecake-0 (may not work)