Nutty-Pumpkin Cheesecake

This is so good! And super easy to put together. And so tasty. YUM! Enjoy!

Ingredients:

For crust:

-1 1/4 cups flour

-1/3 cup walnuts, finely chopped

-1/3 cup powdered sugar

-1/3 cup butter, at room temperature

-1 large egg

For filling:

-1 (15 oz) can pumpkin

-4 oz cream cheese, at room temperature

-1/2 cup packed brown sugar

-1 Tbs pumpkin spice

-1 tsp vanilla extract

-2 large eggs

-1/2 cup slivered almonds

Directions:

Mix together all crust ingredients. Once well mixed, form into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.

After one hour, preheat the oven to 350 F. Coat the bottom and sides of a 9 inch spring pan with cooking spray.

Roll the crust and place on the bottom of prepared pan.

Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven.

While the crust is baking, mix all filling ingredients, minus the almonds. Once well mixed, pour filling in freshly baked crust. Spread it nicely and evenly. Top with the slivered almonds.

Bake for 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Remove from oven and cool on wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove the side of the spring pan and cool completely. Refrigerate until read to serve. Enjoy!