Ingredients

  • 1 cup Oreo Baking Crumbs
  • 3 Tbsp. butter, melted
  • 1-1/2 cups canned pumpkin
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1-1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
  • 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 3 pkg. (250 g each) Philadelphia Brick Cream Cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. corn starch
  • 2 oz. Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted
  • 1 cup whole pecans

Method

  • Combine crumbs and butter.
  • Press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
  • Whisk together pumpkin, eggs, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg.
  • Beat cream cheese, sugar and corn starch in large bowl; blend in pumpkin mixture.
  • Pour over crust.
  • Bake at 350F for 50 to 55 min.
  • or until centre is just set.
  • Remove from oven, cool 5 min.
  • and run knife around rim of pan.
  • Cool completely at room temperature.
  • Refrigerate overnight.
  • Remove side of pan.
  • Drizzle chocolate in random pattern over cheesecake.
  • Place pecans around side and in circle in top of cheesecake.