Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup gingersnap-cookie crumbs (24 small cookies)
• ½ cup graham-cracker crumbs (4 graham crackers)
• ½ cup toasted pecan halves, pulsed in a food processor
• 3 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
• 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
• Pinch of salt
• 3 pkg. cream cheese (8 oz. each ), room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 can pumpkin purée (15 oz.)
• 3 eggs
• 2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp. ground ginger
• ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
• ¼ tsp. ground cloves
• 1 ½ cups sour cream
• ¼ cup sifted powdered sugar