Pumpkin Cheesecake made with OREO Base Cake
Ingredients
Crust
- 2½ lb. OREO Base Cake
- 15 oz. butter or margarine, melted
Cheesecake
- 9 lb. cream cheese, softened
- 2½ lb. granulated sugar
- 6 oz. flour
- 2¼ lb. eggs
- 1½ lb. canned pumpkin
- 2 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
- 1½ tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1½ tsp. ground ginger
- 1½ lb. pecan halves
- 9 oz. prepared chocolate ganache
Nutrition per serving
Crust: Mix ingredients. Press 1-1/4 cups of the crumb mixture onto bottom of each of 6 (9-inch) springform pans. Refrigerate while preparing Filling.
Cheesecake: Beat cream cheese, sugar and flour in 12-qt. bowl of mixer on low speed 3 min. or until creamy, stopping occasionally to scrape bottom and side of bowl. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Blend in pumpkin and spices. Pour 1-1/4 qt. batter over each Crust.
Bake in 300ºF-convection oven 1 hour to 1 hour 15 min. or until centers are almost set. Cool completely on wire racks. Refrigerate 4 hours. Just before serving, garnish sides and tops of cheesecakes with pecan halves; drizzle with ganache.