Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake

(disclaimer: this is not a picture of my pie, mine never turns out that beautiful)

Ingredients:

-4 pkg cream cheese, softened

-1c sugar

-1 tsp vanilla

-4 eggs

-1 can pumpkin

-1 tsp ground cinnamon

-1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

-dash of ground cloves

*Preheat oven to 325

1. Beat cream cheese, 3/4c of the sugar and vanilla

2. Add eggs one at a time

3. Remove 1 1/2 c of the batter and set aside.

4. Into the smaller bowl of batter: stir in remaining 1/4c sugar, pumpkin and spices into large bowl.

5. Layer the 2 batters then take a knife and swirl through the batter.

6. Bake for 55 minutes (give or take).

Crust:

-GF snickerdoodle cookies (Enjoy Life has a great cookie, but you can now get them under the Trader Joe's name for a cheaper price. Udi's also makes a great cookie, but they're uber expensive).

-melted butter

-brown sugar (optional)

Now the idea is to put the cookies in a food processor until they're crumbled, then add in the butter (and brown sugar if you want) to make a crumb crust. I use a spring form pan so I just grease the bottom and spread the mix over the pan. I put a cookie sheet under the pan when baking to remove the chance of any mess.

I get rave reviews for this every year (I usually make it at Thanksgiving).