Paradise Pumpkin Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 unbaked deep dish pie shell
• 1 1/4 cups pumpkin
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (powdered)
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (powdered)
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger (powdered)
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 2 beaten eggs
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• walnuts or pecans, for decoration

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 combine cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, egg.
• 3 pour into pastry shell.
• 4 refrigerate at least 1/2 hour, or until cheesecake is firm. it has to be firm before you spoon on the pumpkin mixture.
• 5 combine remaining ingredients except for syrup and nuts.
• 6 spoon carefully over cream cheese mixture.
• 7 bake 65-70 minutes -- when cool, brush with maple syrup and decorate with walnuts or pecans.