Paradise Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients

Cheese cake layer

• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1⁄4 cup white sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 unbaked deep dish pie shell

Pumpkin layer

• 1 1⁄4 cups pumpkin
• 1⁄2 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (powdered)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg (powdered)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ginger (powdered)
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 2 beaten eggs
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• walnuts or pecans, for decoration

Instructions

1 _ Preheat oven to 350°F.

2 _ Combine cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, egg.

3 _ Pour into pastry shell.

4 _ Refrigerate at least 1/2 hour, or until cheesecake is firm. It has to be firm before you spoon on the pumpkin mixture.

5 _ Combine remaining ingredients except for syrup and nuts.

6 _ Spoon carefully over cream cheese mixture.

7 _ Bake 65-70 minutes -- when cool, brush with maple syrup and decorate with walnuts or pecans.