Pumpkin Caramel Cheesecake - Wedge Community Co-ops

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups finely crushed gingersnap cookies (30 cookies)
• 1/4 cup Pastureland butter or margarine, melted
• 3 packages (8 oz. each) Vermont Creamery mascarpone
• 1/2 cup Pastureland butter, softened (do not use margarine)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
• 1/2 cup caramel topping
• 3 Tbsp. Sunrise Flour Mill all-purpose flour
• 3 Larry Schultz eggs
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 Tbsp. brown sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla