Category Dessert

Nov 25 2010

Double Layer Pumpkin Cheesecake

This is a super-easy and omnomable holiday no-bake dessert!  Also, many of the ingredients can be substituted for their light or fat free counterparts to help keep waistlines under control during the holiday season.  Enjoy!

Ingredients

  • 4 oz. cream cheese (softened)
  • 1 tbsp. milk
  • 1 tbsp. sugar
  • 1 tub (8 oz) Cool Whip
  • 1 prepared graham cracker crust (6 oz)
  • 1 cup cold milk
  • 1 can (15 oz) pumpkin
  • 2 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Instant Vanilla Flavor Pudding & Pie Filling
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves

Cheesecake Layer

  • Mix cream cheese, 1 tablespoon milk and sugar in large bowl with wire whisk until smooth.  (Hint: soften cream cheese in microwave on HIGH for 20 seconds)
  • Gently stir in 1 1/2 cups of the Cool Whip.
Cheesecake Mixture

Cheesecake Mixture

  • Spread onto bottom of crust.
Cheesecake Layer

Cheesecake Layer

Pumpkin Layer

  • Pour 1 cup milk into large mixing bowl
  • Add pumpkin, pudding mixes, and spices
Pumpkin Mix

Pumpkin Mix

  • Blent until well mixed (mixture will be thick)
Pumpkin Mix Mixed

Pumpkin Mix Mixed

  • Spread over the cheesecake layer
Pumpkin mixture on top of cheesecake layer

Pumpkin mixture on top of cheesecake layer

Finished Product! Om nom nom!

Finished Product! Om nom nom!

Refrigerate 4 hours or until set.  Garnish with remaining whipped topping.  Store leftover pie in refrigerator.

Recipe compliments of the JELL-O company
Nov 24 2009

Gingerbread Dam

Ok, so it’s apparently a lot harder to make a gingerbread house from scratch than I thought.  Probably didn’t help that the icing I was trying to used was too thick and I didn’t measure any of my house pieces.

As a result, the house got torn down by ginger-beavers and converted into a dam.

Gingerbread Dam

Gingerbread Dam