How To Make Pumpkin Cheesecake in a Solar Oven
 
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Pumpkin Cheesecake in a Pumpkin Shell is a great alternative to traditional pumpkin pie.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 sm pumpkin or 4 mini pumpkins
  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
  • ⅓ cup pumpkin puree
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • whipping cream
  • graham cracker crumbs
  • 2 TBSP butter or margarine, melted
  • 2 TBSP sugar
  • ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • ¼ tsp cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat the solar oven while preparing the ingredients.
  2. Cut the top off of the pumpkin and scoop out the insides. Scrape clean. Discard the stringy insides.
  3. In a small mixing bowl, mix the melted butter, 2 TBSP sugar, ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice, and ¼ tsp cinnamon.
  4. Coat the inside of the pumpkin with the butter and spice mixture.
  5. Place the pumpkin on a baking tray. Replace the top of the pumpkin.
  6. Place in the hot solar oven and bake for 30 - 45 minutes until the pumpkin begins to feel soft.
  7. Remove from the solar oven and pour off any liquid that formed in the bottom.
  8. While the pumpkin shell is baking, prepare the cheesecake filling.
  9. In a large mixing bowl, mix the cream cheese, sugar, egg, and egg white.
  10. Add the pumpkin puree, vanilla, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice.
  11. Mix until smooth.
  12. Pour cheesecake mix into the cleaned out pumpkin.
  13. Place the cheesecake filled shell back into the hot solar oven and bake for about an hour or until the cheesecake is set.
  14. Remove from the solar oven. Let cool. The chill for about an hour or until cheesecake is completely cool.
  15. Top with graham cracker crumbs and whipped topping.
Notes
The length of time it takes to bake in a solar oven depends on how hot the oven gets. The temperature depends on the kind of solar oven you are using, the weather, and how focused the oven is to the sun.

To bake in a kitchen oven bake at 350°F (176°C) for 25 - 30 minutes
Recipe by Sunshine On My Shoulder Solar Cooking Guide at https://www.sunshineonmyshoulder.com/pumpkin-cheesecake-solar-oven/