Ingredient:
--CRUST:--
3/4 c. graham cracker crumbs
3 tbsp. melted butter
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 tbsp. firmly packed brown sugar
3 tbsp. chopped pecans (opt.)
--FILLING:--
4 (8 oz.) cream cheese
1/4 c. sugar or firmly packed brown
sugar
3 eggs
2 tbsp. flour
1 (30 oz.) can pumpkin pie mix
1/4 c. chopped pecans or walnuts
Direction:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease 9 inch spring form pan or
spray with non-stick spray. Combine crust ingredients and line
sides and bottom of pan. Beat cream cheese in a large bowl
until fluffy. Gradually add sugar. Add eggs, one at a time,
beating well after each addition. Gradually add flour and
pumpkin pie mix and blend well. Stir in nuts. Pour into
crust-lined pan. Bake 1 hour and 45 minutes or until center
feels firm when touched. Cool in pan on wire rack. Brush top
with maple syrup. Cool completely. NOTE: To substitute
canned pumpkin for pumpkin pie mix, use 1 (1 pound) can
pumpkin, increase sugar to 1 1/2 cups, use 5 eggs instead of 3,
1/4 cup flour instead of 2 tablespoons and add 2 teaspoons
pumpkin pie spice. |
Ingredient:
- 1 peck 4 to 6 inch pickles
4 grape or horseradish leaves
1 bunch dill weed
6 qts. water
2 tbsp. alum
1 1/2 pt. vinegar
1 1/2 c. canning salt
8 cloves garlic, optional
A 4 gal. crock
Direction: Wash and place in crock; pickles, grape (or horseradish) leaves and dill. Boil together water, vinegar, salt, and alum for at least 5 minutes. Cool and pour over pickles. Weight with plate to keep pickles covered with brine solution and cure for 10 days. You may add garlic after the eighth day. Let cure in a cool place. |