I’m a huge fan of cheesecake, but not of the preparation. I devised this delicious no-bake pumpkin cheesecake recipe to make a quick and easy best ever dessert that requires no baking and very little preparation.
When I lived in remote Alaska, I loved ordering a blueberry cheesecake on the menu at the local Arctic Pizza restaurant. It was served in square slices that contained several layers and looked more like a cake than a cheesecake. I was always so baffled as to how they got the teeny tiny thin layers of the cake until one day I pulled it apart and realized that the “cake” was actually graham crackers!
Ingredients
- 3 8 ounce packages lowfat cream cheese
- 1 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 15 ounce can pumpkin puree
- 1/4 cup whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 13 1/2 full-sized graham crackers
Directions
| Beat cream cheese and sugar together in a large bowl until completely combined and cream cheese has softened up. Add pumpkin puree, whipping cream and vanilla, beating until the mixture is completely combined and fluffy. | |
| Line a 9″x9″ ungreased baking pan with 4.5 graham crackers, followed by 4-5 big scoops of the filling. Repeat the layers two more times, ending with the filling as the top layer | |
Cover cake with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator overnight. Do not cheat, do not eat early! Because I promise you, if you let it set up overnight, the filling will become thick and rich and the layers will be like thin thin cake. And you will see, it. is. heavenly.
IT'S ME, SERENA!
I bounced through the first years of my life in a hippie gypsy wagon, hand-built by my father, wandering the back roads of the U.S., Canada and Mexico. My family eventually settled into a tiny cabin in the woods on property that was once inhabited by Native American Indians.
I spent my childhood days searching for arrowheads, teaching myself to sew on a treadle sewing machine and to bake in a wood-burning stove, with no running water, refrigeration, or electricity in our home. My family lived frugally and early on, inspired by my parent’s thriftiness and style, I gained a knack for thrifty creativity and turning ordinary objects into something useful. And I dreamed of the home I would create for my own family someday.
Now I’m married to my husband, Colin, and our children are all grown. After 24 years of producing The Farm Chicks Vintage & Handmade Fair, I'm spending time visiting other markets around the world. You can watch episodes of Serena Goes to Market here.
I share more about my life story from time to time, here on my blog. You can also find me on Instagram, and Facebook.
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