Pumpkin spice cheesecake

Ingredients:

Crust:

  • 20 Graham crackers
  • 20 g Granulated Sugar
  • 113 g Unsalted butter, melted

Filling:

  • 850 g block cream cheese, soft and room temperature
  • 223 g Granulated Sugar
  • 115 g Sour cream
  • 220 g pumpkin puree
  • 4 eggs, beaten
  • 12 g pumpkin spice
  • 4 g vanilla extract

Cooking method:

Crust:

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F
  • In a food processor pulse the gram crackers and sugar
  • Mix the gram cracker crumbs and butter together
  • Firmly pack the mixture into the bottom of a spring form pan
  • Bake the crust for eight minutes at 375°F

Filling:

  • While the crust cools, drop the oven temperature down to 325 °F
  • In a stand mixer using the paddle, combine cream cheese and the sugar.
  • Add sour cream and scrape down the sides of the bowl
  • Add vanilla extract, pumpkin puree, and pumpkin spice, scrape the sides of the bowl
  • Add the eggs one at a time, scraping the bowl as needed.
  • Pour the batter evenly over the cooled crust, if needed spread with offset spatula.  
  • transfer the spring form pan into a hotel pan and fill with a few inches of warm water
  • Bake on 325°F for approximately 60 minutes or until center of cheesecake is set
  • Label, date and refrigerate, allow to cool completely before serving