Pumpkin Cheesecake
Prep Time: 25 minutes plus refrigeration
Crust:
½ stick margarine
¼ c. brown sugar
1 1/2 c. 1 minute oatmeal
Filling:
5 – 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese
1 c. milk
1 ½ c. sugar
1 ½ cans pumpkin pie filling
1 TBS. pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp. cinnamon (to taste)
1 pkg. unflavored gelatin
1 c. whipped cream
Crust:
Melt butter in a glass bowl in the microwave. Add the brown sugar and the oatmeal,
mix well. Spray bottom of pan with non-stick cooking spray. Press into the bottom
of a 9" spring form pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 12 minutes.
Filling:
Beat the cream cheese and sugar at medium speed with electric mixer until well blended. Add the pumpkin pie filling, pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon; mix well. Heat milk in microwave for 1 minute or until slightly warmer than lukewarm. Add gelatin to warm milk. Stir with a wire whisk very vigorously until the gelatin is dissolved. Gradually add the milk/gelatin mixture to the cream cheese/pumpkin mixture, mix well. Fold in the whipped whipping cream; pour over crust.
Chill for 2 hours or until firm. Makes 10 –12 servings.

