ANOTHER RECIPE FROM "SANDY'S RECIPE ROOM"
http://www.wwnet.net/~joejean/reciperoom.

Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake

Ingredients

Filling:

  2 8-oz. packages Neufchatel or cream cheese, softened

  3/4 cup sugar

  1 teaspoon vanilla

  3 eggs

  1 cup canned pumpkin

  3/4 teaspoon cinnamon

  1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

  (1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice may be substituted for cinnamon and nutmeg)

Crust:

  2 cups Vanilla wafer crumbs

  1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted

 

Directions

Combine crumbs and margarine; press onto bottom and sides of 9-inch springform pan.

Combine neufchatel cheese, 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended.

Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

Reserve 1 cup Neufchatel cheese mixture; add pumpkin, remaining sugar, and spices to remaining Neufchatel cheese mixture.

Mix well. Layer half of pumpkin and half of Neufchatel cheese mixture over crust; repeat layers.

Cut through batter with knife several times for marble effect.

Bake at 350 degrees, 55 minutes.

Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan.

Chill and serve.

Makes 10 to 12 servings.