Description
Pressure Cooker Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe. That's right, cheesecake from the pressure cooker. Pumpkin cheesecake is a quick and easy fall dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
Crust
- 14 gingersnap cookies, crushed (about 3/4 cup)
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
Cheesecake
- 1 pound regular cream cheese, softened (2 8-ounce packages)
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup (4 ounces) canned pumpkin
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice (cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
Topping
- Whipped Cream
Instructions
- Prep the pan: Spray a 7-inch springform pan with nonstick cooking spray. Mix the crushed ginger snaps and melted butter, then spread evenly across bottom of the pan, packing them down (and up the sides a little) with a flat bottomed glass (or your fingers).
- Make the cheesecake filling: Soften the cream cheese by leaving it out at room temperature for at least 1 hour (or heat it in the microwave until it softens, about 20 to 30 seconds). Beat the cream cheese in an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Leave the mixer on medium and slowly add the sugar. Beat on medium speed until the sugar is completely blended, about 3 minutes. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides. Add the pumpkin, the pumpkin pie spice, and the vanilla, and beat on low speed until completely blended, about 1 minute. Stop the mixer again and scrape down the sides. Add the eggs one at a time, beating each on low speed until just blended. (Don’t over-beat the eggs.) Pour into the cheesecake pan.
- Pressure cook the cheesecake for 20 minutes with a natural pressure release: Put 2 cups of water and the cooking rack in the pressure cooker pot. Make an aluminum foil sling to lift the cheesecake: fold a 2-foot long piece of aluminum foil over a few times, until it is a long strip about 4 inches wide. Center the cheesecake pan on the sling and carefully lower it into the pot, setting it on the rack. (Bend the edges of the foil sling over so they fit under the lid.) Lock the lid on the cooker and pressure cook on high for 20 minutes in an electric PC or 16 minutes in a stovetop PC, then let the pressure come down naturally, about 15 more minutes. (After 15 minutes, you can quick release any pressure left in the pot.)
- Cool the cheesecake, then serve: Lift the cheesecake out of the pressure cooker. Immediately run a knife around the rim of the cheesecake pan to loosen the cheesecake from the sides. Cool the pan at room temperature for an hour, then refrigerate for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight. Top with whipped cream and serve.
Notes
Don’t feel like crushing gingersnaps? Substitute 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs and 2 teaspoons sugar
Can’t find pumpkin pie spice? Use: 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger, a dash of ground cloves, and a dash of ground nutmeg
A question I know is coming: Can I use a bigger pan in an 8 quart pressure cooker? I don’t know; I don’t have a bigger pan to try, yet. If you do try it, let me know.
Tools
- 6 quart or larger pressure cooker (I love my Instant Pot electric pressure cooker)
- Pressure Cooker Steaming Rack (Almost every pressure cooker comes with one)
- 7-inch springform pan (my favorite) or cheesecake pan (also great)
- Aluminum foil (to make a sling)
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Pressure Cooker
- Cuisine: American