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My husband's two favorite desserts are  New York style Cheesecake and Pumpkin Pie. For his birthday I made him a rich and delectable Pumpkin Cheesecake . I adapted this recipe from several different recipes. I took Martha Stuart's & Paula Deen's pumpkin cheesecake recipes, Libby's original pumpkin pie recipe, and also used another recipe that had a sinful caramel pecan topping for the cheesecake. I am still dreaming about the caramel topping. This recipe is perfection ! Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe INGREDIENTS For the crust 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs (10 whole crackers) 3 T. brown sugar 1 T. white sugar 1/2 t. cinnamon 4 T. unsalted butter, melted For the filling 4 packages (8 oz. each) bar cream cheese, very soft 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup sour cream 3 T. all- purpose flour 1 cup canned pumpkin puree 1 t. ground cinnamon 1/2 t. ginger 1/4 t. cloves 1 T. vanilla extract 1/2 t. salt 4 large eggs, room temperature Ingredients for Cara...

I have never been a huge fan of pumpkin pie until I met my husband. I have always felt that there are so many other decadent pies out there, why would I bother eating basic pumpkin pie? Each year around Thanksgiving he requests that I make this pie using the recipe on the can of Libby's brand pumpkin. I found out that this recipe has been on Libby's brand cans of pumpkin since 1950. I can honestly say old fashioned pumpkin pie has grown on me. Famous Pumpkin Pie INGREDIENTS 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 2 large eggs 1 can (15 oz.) pure pumpkin 1 can (12 fl. oz.) evaporated milk 1 unbaked 9-inch (4-cup volume) deep-dish pie shell Whipped cream (optional) DIRECTIONS MIX sugar, cinnamon, salt, ginger and cloves in small bowl. Beat eggs in large bowl. Stir in pumpkin and sugar-spice mixture. Gradually stir in evaporated milk. POUR into pie shell. BAKE in preheate...