Ingredients for - Pumpkin Cheesecake I

1. Cream cheese 2 (8 ounce) packages
2. White sugar ¾ cup
3. Pumpkin Puree 1 (15 ounce) can
4. Ground cinnamon 1 ¼ teaspoons
5. Ground ginger ½ teaspoon
6. Ground nutmeg ½ teaspoon
7. Eggs 2
8. Salt ¼ teaspoon
9. Prepared 8 inch pastry shells 2

How to cook deliciously - Pumpkin Cheesecake I

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2 . Stage

Beat together the cream cheese and the sugar, add the pumpkin and the spices. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add salt. Beat until creamy. Pour the batter evenly into the two pastry shells.

3 . Stage

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 minutes or until the knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool then top with whipped topping, if desired.