Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake

My husband made this last week to take over to his Mom’s house for dinner. It was a hit. Needless to say there was no left overs to take home. It taste kind of like a mixture between pumpkin pie and pumpkin rolls. And Its fairly easy to make.

18 Ginger Crisps/cookies, crushed
1/4 cup finely chopped pecans
1/4 cup butter, melted
3 (250 g) packages Brick Cream Cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar, divided
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 dash ground cloves

DIRECTIONS
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine cookie crumbs, pecans and butter. Press onto bottom of 9 inch baking pan.
Beat cream cheese, 1/2 cup of the sugar and vanilla with electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Remove 1 cup plain batter; place in small bowl. Stir remaining 1/4 cup sugar, pumpkin and spices into remaining batter. Spoon pumpkin batter into crust; top with spoonfuls of reserved plain batter. Cut through batters with knife several times for marble effect.
Bake 45 minutes or until centre is almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Cut into 12 slices. Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.

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