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Vermont pumpkin walnut cheesecake

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Ingredients:
1 pack(6 ounces) zwieback
-crackers, crushed (1 ?/td>
-cups)
1/2 cupGranulated sugar
6 tbspButter, melted
3 pack(8 ounces each) cream
-cheese, softened
3/4 cupGranulated sugar
3/4 cupFirmly packed light brown
-sugar
5 Eggs
1 can(16 ounces) pumpkin
1 3/4 tspPumpkin pie spice
1/4 cupHeavy cream
Walnut Topping (recipe
-follows)
Procedures:
1Blend zwieback crumbs, the ?cup sugar and the butter in a medium-size bowl.
2Press firmly over bottom and up side of a lightly buttered 9-inch spring-form pan.
3Chill Beat cream cheese in a large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until smooth.
4Add sugars gradually, beating until well mixed.
5Beat in eggs one at a time, until mixture is light and fluffy.
6Beat in pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice and heavy cream at low speed.
7Pour into prepared pan.
8Bake in a slow oven(325 °F).
9For 1 hour and 35 minutes.
10Remove cake from oven; sprinkle with walnut topping; bake an additional 10 minutes.
11Cool cake on wire rack; refrigerate for several hours, or overnight.
12Garnish with whipped cream and pecans, if you wish.
13Walnut topping: combine 6 tablespoons softened butter with 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar in a small bowl: mix well until crumbly.
14Blend in 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts.
15Makes 16 servings.
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