Title: Pumpkin Cheese Tart
Categories: Cheese Dessert
Yield: 10 Servings

CRUST
1/3	c	Rolled oats
1	c	Crushed gingersnaps (20)
3	tb	Margarine or butter melted
1/4	ts	Cinnamon
CREAM CHEESE FILLING
2	pk	8 oz ea lofat cream cheese
1/2	ts	Vanilla
1/3	c	Sugar
1	tb	Flour
1		Egg
2	tb	Skim milk
PUMPKIN FILLING
1	c	Canned pumpkin
1/3	c	Firmly packed brown sugar
1/2	ts	Pumpkin pie spice
1/4	c	Skim milk
CARAMEL SAUCE
1/2	c	Firmly packed brown sugar
1/4	c	Corn syrup
2	tb	Water
1	tb	Margarine or butter
1/4	ts	Vanilla

1. Heat oven to 375F. Spray a 10" tart pan with a removable bottom with non-stick spray. Set aside. In a small bowl, combine all crust ingredients (note, you may grind the rolled oats if you desire) and mix well. Press in bottom and up the sides of the spray-coated pan. Bake for 6 minutes or until set. Set aside.

2. In a large bowl, combine all cream cheese filling ingredients. Beat at medium speed until smooth and creamy. Reserve 2/3 cup of cream cheese filling and set aside.

3. In a small bowl, combine all pumpkin filling ingredients and mix well. Add to the remaining cream cheese filling batter and mix well. Spoon into partially baked crust. Spoon dollops of reserved cream cheese filling randomly over pumpkin filling. Using a table knife, swirl the mixtures to marbelize them. Bake at 375F for 25-30 minutes, or until set. Cool 10 minutes. Remove sides of pan. Serve warm, or cool completely and refrigerate until serving time.

4. Just before serving, in a small saucepan, combine all caramel sauce ingredients. Cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Serve over warm tart. Store in refrigerator.

Makes 10-12 servings.

Per serving: 2 starch, 1/2 fruit, 2 fat. Calories per serving: 290

Source: Pillsbury Fast and Healthy Magazine, Nov/Dec 1993 Typed for you by: Linda Fields Cyberealm BBS Watertown NY 315-786-1120

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