PUMPKIN MARBLE CHEESECAKE

2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup butter, melted
2 (8 oz) pkgs cream cheese
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
1 cup canned pumpkin
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

mix graham cracker crumbs and butter together; press onto bottom and sides of a 9″ springform pan. mix cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. reserve 1/2 cup cream cheese mixture; add pumpkin, remaining sugar and spices to remaining cream cheese mixture. mix well. pour pumpkin mixture over crust. swirl reserved cream cheese mixture over pumpkin mixture and cut rhough batter with knife several times for a marble effct. bake for 55 minutes at 350 degrees. loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim. chill.

10-12 servings

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