Pumpkin Cheesecake With Cranberry Topping Recipes

PUMPKIN-CRANBERRY CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Wrap the outside (bottom and side) of a 9-inch springform pan with foil. Make the crust: Pulse the cookies and sugar in a food processor until finely ground. Add the melted butter; pulse to combine. Press into the bottom and about 1/4 inch up the side of the pan. Brush the side of the pan lightly with melted butter. Bake until golden and set, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a rack; cool completely.
• Make the filling: Drain the ricotta in a fine-mesh sieve, 20 minutes. Combine with the sugar in the food processor; pulse until smooth. Add the pumpkin, eggs, mascarpone, vanilla, pie spice and salt; pulse until combined. (Do not overmix.) Pour the filling into the cooled crust. Bake until set around the edge but the center still jiggles slightly, 1 1/2 hours to 1 hour 45 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate until cold and set, at least 8 hours or overnight.
• Make the topping: Chop 1 cup cranberries and put in a small saucepan with the sugar, lemon juice, salt and 1/3 cup water. Cook over medium heat until thick, 7 to 10 minutes. Stir in the remaining 3/4 cup whole cranberries; cook 2 more minutes. Let cool.
• Let the cheesecake sit at room temperature 20 minutes, then run a thin knife around the edge and remove the springform ring. Add a splash of water to the cranberry topping to loosen, if needed, then spread over the cheesecake.

PUMPKIN-CHEESECAKE PIE WITH CRANBERRY GLAZE

Steps:

• Beat the cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the lemon juice and vanilla. Beat in the heavy cream on high speed until stiff peaks form, 2 to 3 minutes. Spread the mixture on top of the pumpkin pie. Refrigerate until set, 1 to 2 hours.
• Melt the cranberry sauce and 1 tablespoon water in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth, about 5 minutes. Mix the cornstarch with the remaining 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl, then whisk into the cranberry sauce. Bring to a simmer and cook just until thickened, about 30 seconds. Scrape into a bowl and let cool slightly, about 15 minutes. Spread over the cream cheese topping and refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes.

PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs and sugar; stir in butter. Press into the bottom of a 9-in. springform pan; chill. , For filling, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add eggs, beat on low speed just until combined. Stir in the pumpkin, spices and salt. , Pour into crust. Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 50 minutes. , Meanwhile, for topping, combine the sour cream, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Spread over filling; return to the oven for 5 minutes. Cool on rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around the edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. , Refrigerate overnight. Remove sides of pan. Top with chopped pecans. Refrigerate leftovers.

CRANBERRY-PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• position racks in center and lower third of oven. Preheat oven to 350°F Coat 9"x3" springform pan with cooking spray. In food processor process cookies and walnuts until finely ground; stir in butter.
• press crumb mixture onto bottom and 1" up side of pan. Bake 8 minutes or until set; cool.
• Place roasting pan on lower oven rack; fill halfway with water. At medium-high speed beat cream cheese and sugar until fluffy, 3 minutes. At low speed beat in eggs, one at a time. Beat in sour cream, flour and vanilla. At medium speed beat 2 minutes.
• Pour half of batter into crust. bake 40 minutes or until center jiggles slightly when pan is shaken. Meanwhile, at low speed beat pumpkin, cinnamon an ginger into remaining batter. Spread cranberry sauce over hot cheesecake layer, leaving 1/2" border. Top with pumpkin batter. Batter will almost come up to top edge of pan. Bake 40-45 minutes or until center jiggles slightly when pan is shaken. Turn oven off; let cake stand in oven with door closed 20 minutes. Run knife around edge to loosen. Cool. Cover; refrigerate overnight. If desired, transfer whipped cream to pastry bag fitter with large star tip; pipe onto cake. garnish with cranberries.

PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE WITH CRANBERRY TOPPING

Steps:

• for the crust crush graham crackers and combine with melted butter. press down in a pie tin.
• for the filling mix pumpkin, spice, cream cheese, milk, creamer, powdered sugar, vanilla and eggs and beat with electric mixer until smooth.
• bake on 350 for 30 minutes.
• for the topping boil water and juice. add sugar and zest and lower heat. add cranberries and simmer until they burst, about twenty minutes. when completly cooled top cheesecake.

CRANBERRY SWIRL PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until smooth and well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add pumpkin, spices and salt; beat until well blended.
• Spread 3/4 cup pumpkin mixture evenly in crust. Pour about 1/3 cup cranberry sauce over pumpkin mixture. Top with remaining pumpkin mixture and remaining cranberry sauce. Swirl cranberry sauce into pumpkin mixture with knife, being careful not to scrape crust.
• Bake 50 to 60 minutes. (Cheesecake will not be completely set in the center.) Cool completely on wire rack. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.