Pumpkin-chocolate Cheesecake Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 deep dish pie shell
• 12 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 4 eggs, lightly beaten
• 3/4 cup half-and-half or 3/4 cup light cream
• chopped chocolate (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• 2 line crust with double thickness of aluminum foil and bake for 8 minutes.
• 3 remove foil and bake for 6 more minutes.
• 4 cool the crust.
• 5 reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees.
• 6 in medium mixing bowl combine cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar and 1 egg; beat on low speed until smooth.
• 7 spread cream cheese mixture in the cooled crust.
• 8 sprinkle with the chopped chocolate.
• 9 in a bowl combine pumpkin, brown sugar and spice.
• 10 stir in 4 eggs.
• 11 gradually stir in half and half.
• 12 slowly pour pumpkin mixture onto the chocolate layer.
• 13 cover pie edge with foil so it will not burn.
• 14 bake 60-65 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 15 cool on a wire rack.
• 16 refrigerate within 2 hours.
• 17 top with more chopped chocolate if desired.