Spider Web Pumpkin Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 18 oreo cookies, finely crushed (about 1-1/2 cups)
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 3 (8 ounce) packages philadelphia cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 semisweet baking chocolate square
• 1 teaspoon butter or 1 teaspoon margarine

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f if using a silver 9-inch springform pan (or 325°f if using a dark 9-inch nonstick springform pan). mix cookie crumbs and 2 tablespoons butter; press firmly onto bottom of pan. set aside.
• 2 beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. add pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice; mix well. add eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. pour over crust.
• 3 bake 50 to 55 minute or until center is almost set; cool slightly. carefully spread sour cream over top of cheesecake. run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan.
• 4 place chocolate and 1 teaspoons butter in small microwaveable bowl. microwave on medium (50%) 30 sec.; stir until chocolate is completely melted. drizzle over cheesecake in spiral pattern. starting at center of cheesecake, pull a toothpick through lines from center of cheesecake to outside edge of cheesecake to resemble a spider's web. refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.