Pumpkin-Almond Cheesecake

Name: Pumpkin-Almond Cheesecake
Prep time: 12 h
Cook time: 12 h
Total time: 12 h
Yield: 14
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 113 grams almond paste; 3 Tbsps sliced almonds, toasted; 59 milliliters butter, softened; 1 Tbsp butter; 59 milliliters ounce cake flour (about; 2 teaspoons light-colored corn syrup; 85 grams 1/3 cup fat-free cream cheese, softened; 1 Tbsp dark rum; 2 larges eggs; 3 larges eggs; 0 teaspoons ground ginger; 79 milliliters plain 2% reduced-fat Greek yogurt; 296 milliliters canned unsweetened pumpkin; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 Dash salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 6 Tbsps sugar; 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise; 2 Tbsps water; 14 Tbsps frozen fat-free whipped topping, thawed

For $1.14 per serving, this recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 6g of protein, 14g of fat, and a total of 267 calories. This recipe serves 14. Head to the store and pick up cake flour, pumpkin, rum, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 12 hours.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

To prepare almond cake, combine 6 tablespoons sugar, 1/4 cup butter, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and 4 ounces almond paste in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes).

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Almond Paste

Almonds

Butter

Sugar

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add 2 eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Weigh or lightly spoon cake flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Stir flour and rum into sugar mixture.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Rum

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Spread the batter evenly into a 9-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Spread

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Springform Pan

Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack (do not remove or loosen sides of springform pan).

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Springform Pan

Wire Rack

Oven

Reduce oven temperature to 30

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Oven

To prepare the cheesecake, place softened cheeses, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed just until blended.

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Sugar

Salt

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Blender

Bowl

Add 3 eggs, 1 at a time, beating at low speed just until each addition is incorporated. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean, and reserve bean for another use.

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Vanilla Bean

Seeds

Egg

Add seeds, pumpkin, yogurt, and ginger to cream cheese mixture; beat at low speed just until blended.

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Cream Cheese

Pumpkin

Ginger

Yogurt

Seeds

Pour the cream cheese mixture evenly over top of cooled almond cake.

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Cream Cheese

Almonds

Bake at 300 for 1 hour or until cheesecake center barely moves when pan is touched.

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Oven

Frying Pan

Remove cheesecake from oven, and run a knife around outside edge. Cool to room temperature on a wire rack. Cover and chill for 8 hours or overnight.

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Wire Rack

Knife

Oven

To prepare brittle, line a baking sheet with parchment paper; coat parchment paper with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Combine 1/2 cup sugar, 1 1/2 tablespoons water, and corn syrup in a small saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring just until sugar dissolves. Cook, without stirring, for 7 minutes or until mixture is golden.

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Corn Syrup

Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat. Stir in almonds and butter. Quickly spread sugar mixture in a thin, even layer over prepared parchment; cool completely. Break into 14 pieces. Slice cheesecake into 14 slices; top each serving with 1 tablespoon whipped topping and 1 piece brittle.

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Whipped Topping