Pumpkin Dazzler

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup butter (melted)
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups pumpkin (not pumpkin mix)
• 3 egg yolks (save whites)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon clove
• 3 egg whites
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 (10 ounce) cool whip
• 1/2 cup pecans (chopped)

Recipe

• 1 mix together graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and melted butter.
• 2 press into lightly greased 9x13-inch pan.
• 3 beat cream cheese.
• 4 add sugar & beat.
• 5 add eggs and beat together.
• 6 pour over graham cracker crust.
• 7 bake 20 minute @ 350 degrees.
• 8 let cool - to room temperature
• 9 while cooling cheese cake mixture, on stove mix together in a small saucepan pumpkin, egg yolks, sugar, milk, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.
• 10 cook until mixture begins to thicken. (i cook for entire 20 minutes first layer is baking).
• 11 let cool.
• 12 beat egg whites until almost stiff.
• 13 add sugar and beat until stiff peaks form (peaks stand straight up when beaters are pulled out of mixture.)
• 14 fold egg whites into cooled pumpkin mixture. pour over cream cheese layer.
• 15 spread cool whip over pumpkin mixture.
• 16 sprinkle chopped nuts on top.
• 17 refrigerate several hours before serving.