Pumpkin Maple Cheesecake
- 24 ounces fat free cream cheese, room temperature
- 23 cup packed brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 15 ounces pumpkin puree
- 12 cup low fat maple yogurt or 12 cup vanilla yogurt
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 12 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon imitation maple flavor or 1 teaspoon imitation rum flavoring
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 14 cup minced crystallized ginger, garnish (optional)
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Assemble 9" springform pan and coat with cooking spray.
- Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
- Beat in eggs one at a time.
- Blend in pumpkin, yogurt, flour, cinnamon, ginger, maple flavoring, and vanilla extract.
- Pour filling into pan.
- Bake until outer rim is puffy and center is slightly wobbly, about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and run knife around side to loosen.
- Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes.
- Refrigerate warm cake, uncovered, until cold.
- Then cover with foil and refrigerate at least 4 hours (or up to 3 days).
- Remove 1 hour before serving.
- When ready to serve, carefully remove side of pan.
- Cut into wedges with wet knife wiped clean between cuts.
- Garnish with crystallized ginger, if desired.
cream cheese, brown sugar, eggs, pumpkin puree, maple yogurt, flour, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, maple, vanilla, ginger
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/pumpkin-maple-cheesecake-390666 (may not work)