Trying to come up with a pumpkin cheese ball, didn't work out into my favor but came out with a wonderful pie instead. With cream cheese, pumpkin, pecans, and spices mixed in, it is pure taste-bud heaven served in a graham cracker crust. Such a wonderful turn-out on a mistake.
Ingredients
- 2 packages reduced-fat cream cheese , 8 ounce
- 0.75 cups white sugar
- 1 can pure pumpkin , 15 ounce
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 0.5 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 0.5 teaspoons ground ginger
- 0.25 teaspoons ground cloves
- 0.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 0.5 cups chopped pecans , divided
- 1 prepared graham cracker crust , 9 inch
- 0.5 cups whipped topping , Optional
Instructions
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1
Beat cream cheese and sugar together in a large bowl until creamy and smooth. Mix pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and vanilla extract into cream cheese mixture, scraping down the sides of the bowl, until mixture is smooth.
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2
Fold 1/3 cup pecans into the pumpkin mixture; spread into the graham cracker crust. Sprinkle remaining pecans over pumpkin mixture. Cover pie with plastic wrap.
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3
Refrigerate until set, 4 hours.
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4
Cut pie into 8 slices and top each slice with about 1 tablespoon whipped topping.
Nutrition Facts
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