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Pumpkin Cheesecake with Caramel Sauce

Treat your guests with a creamy pumpkin cheesecake that's topped with caramel-rum sauce.

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Prep Time 35 min
Total Time 8 hr 40 min
Servings 16

Ingredients

Crust

2: cups crushed teddy bear-shaped cinnamon graham snacks (from 10-oz box)

1/4: cup butter or margarine, melted

Filling

4: packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened

1 1/2: cups granulated sugar

4: eggs

1: cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)

2: teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

3/4: teaspoon ground cardamom

Spiced Caramel-Rum Sauce

1/3: cup packed brown sugar

1/3: cup light or dark corn syrup

2: tablespoons butter or margarine

1/3: cup whipping cream

1: tablespoon spiced rum or 1/4 teaspoon rum extract

Garnish

: Sweetened whipped cream, if desired

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 300°F. Spray 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray. Wrap foil around pan to catch drips. In small bowl, mix crust ingredients. Press mixture in bottom and 1 inch up side of pan. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Cool 5 minutes. To minimize cracking, place shallow pan half full of hot water on lower oven rack.
2 In large bowl, beat cream cheese and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, just until blended. Spoon 3 cups of the mixture onto crust; spread evenly. To remaining cream cheese mixture, add pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice and cardamom; mix with wire whisk until smooth. Spoon over mixture in pan.
3 Bake 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes or until edge of cheesecake is set at least 2 inches from edge of pan but center of cheesecake still jiggles slightly when moved. Run small metal spatula around edge of pan to loosen cheesecake. Turn oven off; open oven door at least 4 inches. Let cheesecake remain in oven 30 minutes. Cool in pan on cooling rack 30 minutes. Cover loosely; refrigerate at least 6 hours but no longer than 24 hours.
4 In small saucepan, heat brown sugar, corn syrup and 2 tablespoons butter to boiling over medium-low heat, stirring constantly. Boil 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in whipping cream; heat to boiling. Remove from heat; stir in rum. Cool until warm.
5 Just before serving, run small metal spatula around edge of pan; carefully remove side of pan. Top individual slices with warm sauce and a dollop of whipped cream. Cover and refrigerate any remaining cheesecake.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Cinnamon graham cracker crumbs can be substituted for the teddy bear-shaped graham crackers.

To save time, use purchased caramel topping instead of making the caramel sauce. Warm the topping and stir in the rum or rum extract.

To easily crush the crackers, use a food processor or place them in a plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 440
Calories from Fat: 250),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 28g; 28%
(Saturated Fat 15g, 15% Trans Fat 1g 1% ),
Cholesterol: 135mg; 135%;
Sodium: 300mg; 300%;
Total Carbohydrate: 41g; 41%
(Dietary Fiber 1g 1% Sugars 31g 31% ),
Protein: 6g; 6%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 70%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 8%;
Iron: 6%;

Exchanges:

0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 1 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 12/5/2011 5:56:24 PM REPORT ABUSE ahines3 said:

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We also made this for the first time this Thanksgiving and it completely replaced the traditional pumpkin pie! It was amazing! We didn’t use the cardamom and the caramel sauce made it....might have been the best part! Can't wait to make it again for Christmas!

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Posted 11/29/2011 4:28:39 PM REPORT ABUSE Timothysmom said:

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I made this for the first time this Thanksgiving. It was instantly our new favorite. Love the carmel sauce!

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Posted 11/13/2011 10:50:25 PM REPORT ABUSE hgessler said:

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I've made this several times for various occasions without the sauce. This is always a hit! It's a bit time consuming to bake but it only takes a few minutes to put together. You should try this even if you think you don't like pumpkin. Wonderful rich flavors!

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