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Olivia's Pumpkin Cheesecake
Simple, Easy Lacto Vegetarian Dessert Recipe
This easy cheesecake recipe is one of many recipes contributed to Savvy Vegetarian by Olivia Sinton - an excellent vegetarian cook from Fairfield, IA.
We haven't made this pumpkin cheesecake recipe, but we have supreme confidence in Olivia's recipes.
You'll need an 8 or 9" baked pie shell for this cheesecake recipe. You can buy a pie shell, use Olivia's recipe for butter short crust pastry below, or try our vegan pie crust
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Butter Short Crust Pie Shell Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick) room temperature
- 1 1/2 cup unbleached white flour, sifted through a sieve or strainer
- 1 Tbsp water
- 1/4 cup sugar (coarse, unrefined if available)
Crust Directions:
- Place one third of the sifted flour, all of the butter and the water in a mixing bowl
- Cream with a fork or pastry blender until well mixed
- Stir in the remaining flour to form a firm dough
- Turn out onto a lightly floured tabletop or board and knead thoroughly until smooth and silky
- Place in a plastic bag and leave in the refrigerator for 1/2 - 1 hour (Don't leave the dough in the fridge too long, as it will become hard and difficult to roll out)
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees
- Roll out the crust to fit a shallow 8 or 9" pie pan, place in pan and trim the edges
- Prick all over the bottom with a fork, and bake for 10 - 15 minutes
- Cool on a rack
Filling Ingredients:
- 8oz Cream Cheese
- 1 3/4 Cups Cooked and Mashed Pumpkin
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 8 or 9 inch pie shell
Filling Directions:
- In a large bowl combine cream cheese, pumpkin, lemon juice, vanilla, sugar and pumpkin spice
- Mix by hand, then blend in a blender, or use a hand blender
- Mixture should be uniform in color and consistency
- Fold into pie shell and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour
- Small ramekins take less time (SV would estimate half or less)