Best 7 Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake Bon Appétit Magazine Recipes

SPICED PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE (BON APPéTIT MAGAZINE)

Steps:

• Make crust: Preheat oven to 350°F Blend first 3 ingredients in processor until nuts are finely chopped. Add butter; process until moist crumbs form. Press onto bottom and 1 inch up sides of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Bake until lightly toasted, about 10 minutes. Cool. Wrap outside of pan with double thickness of heavy-duty foil.
• Make filling: Using electric mixer, beat first 4 ingredients in large bowl until smooth. Add pumpkin; beat until blended. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until smooth. Transfer to crust. Set in roasting pan. Pour enough hot water into roasting pan to come 1 inch up sides of springform pan.
• Bake cake until top is golden and begins to crack and center is set, abut 1 hour 45 minutes. Remove from roasting pan. Cool. Chill overnight. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover; keep chilled).

SPICED PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• For crust:
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Wrap double layer of heavy-duty foil around outside of 10-inch-diameter springform pan. Combine graham crackers, sugar, and cinnamon in processor. Blend until graham crackers are very finely ground. Drizzle butter over. Using on/off turns, blend until crumbs begin to stick together. Press crumbs onto bottom (not sides) of springform pan. Bake until crust is slightly golden, about 10 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool while preparing filling. Maintain oven temperature.
• For filling:
• Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until smooth and fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Add pumpkin and remaining 7 ingredients. Beat just until blended. Pour filling into prepared crust. Place springform pan in large roasting pan. Add enough water to come halfway up sides of springform pan.
• Bake cheesecake until slightly puffed and softly set and top is golden, about 1 1/2 hours. Transfer springform pan to rack and cool. Cover and refrigerate cake overnight.
• Using knife, cut around sides of pan to loosen cake. Release pan sides. Cut cheesecake into wedges and serve.

SPICED PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Make crust:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Blend first 3 ingredients in processor until nuts are finely chopped. Add butter; process until moist crumbs form. Press onto bottom and 1 inch up sides of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Bake until lightly toasted, about 10 minutes. Cool. Wrap outside of pan with double thickness of heavy-duty foil.
• Make filling:
• Using electric mixer, beat first 4 ingredients in large bowl until smooth. Add pumpkin; beat until blended. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until smooth. Transfer to crust. Set in roasting pan. Pour enough hot water into roasting pan to come 1 inch up sides of springform pan.
• Bake cake until top is golden and begins to crack and center is set, abut 1 hour 45 minutes. Remove from roasting pan. Cool. Chill overnight. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover; keep chilled.)

SPICED PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• For crust:.
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F
• Wrap double layer of heavy-duty foil around outside of 10-inch-diameter springform pan.
• Combine graham crackers, sugar, and cinnamon in processor.
• Blend until graham crackers are very finely ground.
• Drizzle butter over.
• Using on/off turns, blend until crumbs begin to stick together.
• Press crumbs onto bottom (not sides) of springform pan.
• Bake until crust is slightly golden, about 10 minutes.
• Transfer to rack and cool while preparing filling.
• Maintain oven temperature.
• For filling:.
• Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until smooth and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs 1 at a time.
• Add pumpkin and remaining 7 ingredients.
• Beat just until blended.
• Pour filling into prepared crust.
• Place springform pan in large roasting pan.
• Add enough water to come halfway up sides of springform pan.
• Bake cheesecake until slightly puffed and softly set and top is golden, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Transfer springform pan to rack and cool.
• Cover and refrigerate cake overnight.
• Using knife, cut around sides of pan to loosen cake.
• Release pan sides.
• Cut cheesecake into wedges and serve.

SPICED PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE WITH CARAMEL-BOURBON SAUCE

Steps:

• For crust:
• Preheat oven to 350°F Butter 9-inch springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Grind first 4 ingredients in processor until nut mixture sticks together. Press evenly onto bottom of pan. Bake crust until golden, about 15 minutes. Cool completely. Wrap outside of pan in triple layer of heavy-duty foil.
• For filling:
• Using mixer, beat cream cheese, sugar, and lemon peel in large bowl until smooth. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then pumpkin, yogurt, flour, vanilla, spices, and salt. Pour into pan.
• Set springform pan in roasting pan. Pour enough hot water into roasting pan to come halfway up sides of cheesecake. Place in oven. Bake until outer 3 inches puff slightly and center is softly set, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Cool in water bath 30 minutes. Remove from water. Cut around sides of cake to loosen. Refrigerate in pan until cold, about 4 hours. Cover and chill overnight.
• For sauce:.
• Bring sugar, cream, butter, corn syrup, and salt to boil in deep medium saucepan, whisking until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to medium; boil 1 minute without stirring. Remove from heat. Stir in bourbon, then pecans. Cool, stirring occasionally.
• Remove foil. Cut around pan sides; remove sides. Cut cheesecake into wedges; spoon sauce over.

PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE WITH BOURBON-SOUR CREAM TOPPING

Steps:

• Make the crust:
• In a bowl combine the cracker crumbs, the pecans, and the sugars, stir in the butter, and press the mixture into the bottom and 1/2 inch up the side of a buttered 9-inch springform pan. Chill the crust for 1 hour.
• Make the filling:
• In a bowl whisk together the pumpkin, the egg, the cinnamon, the nutmeg, the ginger, the salt, and the brown sugar. In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream together the cream cheese and the granulated sugar, beat in the cream, the cornstarch, the vanilla, the bourbon liqueur, and the pumpkin mixture, and beat the filling until it is smooth.
• Pour the filling into the crust, bake the cheesecake in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 50 to 55 minutes, or until the center is just set, and let it cool in the pan on a rack for 5 minutes.
• Make the topping:
• In a bowl whisk together the sour cream, the sugar, and the bourbon liqueur.
• Spread the sour cream mixture over the top of the cheesecake and bake the cheesecake for 5 minutes more. Let the cheesecake cool in the pan on a rack and chill it, covered, overnight. Remove the side of the pan and garnish the top of the cheesecake with the pecans.

SPICED PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE WITH BROWN SUGAR & BOURBON CREAM

Steps:

• For the Crust:.
• Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees.
• Spray bottom and sides of a 9-inch spring form pan evenly with non-stick cooking spray.
• Pulse crackers, sugar and spices in a food processor until evenly and finely ground, about fiften 2-second pulses.
• Transfer crumbs to medium bowl, drizzle melted butter over, and mix with rubber spatula until evenly moistened.
• Turn crumbs into the pan and, using your hand, spread crumbs into and even layer.
• Using a flat-bottomed ramekin or drinking glass, press the crumbs evenly into the pan bottom, and then use a soup spoon to press and smooth crumbs into edges of pan.
• Bake until fragrant and browned about the edges, about 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack while making the filling.
• For the Filling:.
• Bring about 4 quarts of water to a simmer in a stockpot.
• Whisk the sugar, spices, and in a small bowl; set aside.
• To dry the pumpkin, line a baking sheet with a triple layer of paper towels.
• Spread pumpkin on paper towels in a roughly even layer.
• Cover the pumpkin with a second triple layer of paper towels and press firmly until paper towels are saturated.
• Peel back the top layer of towels and discard.
• Grasp bottom towels and fold pumpkin in half; peel back towels; repeat and flip pumpkin onto baking sheet and then discard the towels.
• In a standing mixer fitted with a flat beater, beat the cream cheese at medium speed to break up and soften slightly, about 1 minutes. Scrape beater and bottom and sides of the bwol well with a rubber spatula.
• Add about one third of the sugar mixture and beat at medium-low speed until combined, about 1 minute; scrape the bowl and add remaining sugar in two additions, scraping bowl after each addition.
• Add pumpkin, vanilla, and lemon juice and beat at medium speed until combined, about 45 seconds; scrap bowl.
• Add 3 eggs and beat at medium-low until incorporated, about 1 minute; scrape bowl. Add remaining 2 eggs and beat at medium-low until incorporated, about 45 seconds; scrape bowl.
• Add heavy cream and beat at low speed until combined, about 45 seconds; using a spatula, scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl by hand to make sure everything is incorporated.
• Set the springform pan with cooled crust on an 18-inch square doubled layer of heavy-duty foil and wrap the bottom and sides with foil.
• Set wrapped springform pan in a roasting pan. Pour the filling into the springform pan and smoothe the surface.
• Set the roasting pan in the oven and pour enough boiling water to come about halfway up the side of the springform pan.
• Bake until the center of the cake is slightly wobbly when the pan is shaken, and the center of the cake registers 145-150 degrees on an isntant-read thermometer, about 1 1/2 hours (see description about baking times).
• Set the roasting pan on wire rack and use paring knife to loosen cake from the sides of the pan.
• Cool until water is just warm, about 45 minutes.
• Remove springform pan from water bath, discard the foil and set on a wire rack, continue to cool until barely warm, about 3 hours.
• Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, at least 4 hours or up to 3 days.
• For the Cream Topping:.
• In a standing mixer bowl, wisk heavy cream, sour cream, brown sugar, and salt until combined.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve cheesecake at least 4 hours or up to 24 hours, stirring once or twice during chilling to ensure that the sugar dissolves.
• When ready to serve cheesecake, add bourbon and beat misture with whisk attachment at medium speed until small bubbles form around edges, about 40 seconds; increase speed to high and continue to beat until fluggy and doubled in volume, about 1 minutes longer. Spoon Cream on individual slices of pie.