Thanksgiving Recipes

It's Thanksgiving week!  So much to do to prepare for the holiday.  Since I really haven't had much to post about, I thought I would share some Thanksgiving recipes.

Pumpkin Pie Dip
1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 (15 oz) can pumpkin pie filling
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
apple slices
ginger snaps

Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth.  Add pie filling, cinnamon and ginger.  Mix well.  Cover and chill. (The longer the better)  Serve with apple slices and ginger snaps.

Cranberry Punch
2 cans (16 oz each) jellied cranberry sauce
1 1/2 cups orange juice
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 bottles (1 liter each) ginger ale

In large pitcher, whisk cranberry sauce til smooth.  Whisk in orange and lemon juice.  Before serving, slowly add in ginger ale.

Pumpkin Cheesecake
 38 ginger snaps, finely crushed
1/4 cup finely chopped pecans
1/4 cup butter, melted
4 pkg (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1 can (15 oz) pumpkin pie filling
1 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp vanilla
4 eggs
Thawed Cool Whip
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

Heat oven to 325*.  Mix crumbs, nuts and butter together; press onto bottom and 1 inch up side of a 9 inch springform pan.  Beat cream cheese and sugar with mixer until blended.  Add pumpkin, spice and vanilla; mix well.  Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing after each just until blended.  Pour onto crust.  Bake 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 1/2 hours or until center is almost set.  Looken cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim.  Refrigerate 4 hours.  serve with a dollop of Cool Whip and dust with nutmeg.