I don’t know about you, but I’m already reveling in the season of pumpkin. Yum!
The recipe I’m sharing today isn’t necessarily low-calorie and it isn’t the easiest thing in the world to make. But rest assured, it will be worth it in the end! Oh yes, my friends, you will thank me when you taste this stuff.
Photo from TasteofHome.com
Pumpkin Torte
(This is a family recipe, but the photo above is from a similar recipe from Taste of Home Magazine. I’m sure theirs is equally as good. 
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Crust:
24 Graham crackers – crushed (use full double crackers)
1/3 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Margarine, melted
Mix the three ingredients and press into 9 x 13 pan.
Next layer:
2 Eggs, beaten
3/4 cup Sugar
8 oz Cream cheese
Mix the three ingredients together; pour over crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
Pumpkin layer:
2 cups Pumpkin
3 Egg yolks
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Milk
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
1 envelope Gelatin, plain
1/4 cup Water
3 Egg whites
1/4 cup Sugar
Cook pumpkin, egg yolks, 1/2 cup sugar, milk, salt, and cinnamon until thickened. Remove from heat and add gelatin that has been dissolved in cold water; allow to cool. Beat egg whites and 1/4 cup sugar; fold into cooled mixture. Pour over baked crust.
Top with Cool Whip.
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Enjoy! And seriously, don’t be intimidated. Give it a try and have a Happy Halloween!
What’s your favorite pumpkin dessert of all time? Any fun Halloween plans?
Yum! My only Halloween plans are going to my son’s Mother’s Day Out Halloween party
Sounds fun, Julie! Hopefully it’s indoors. I’m trying to figure out how to incorporate winter coats into my kids’ costumes tonight.
That looks fabulous! I’m a huge pumpkin fan, so I’m printing out this recipe! No Halloween plans. Our boys are too old. We’ll call our son later and wish him a happy birthday though!
A Halloween birthday, Lisa! That must have been a blast for him growing up…a party PLUS candy!
That looks yummy! I may give it a try. Thank you!
You’re welcome, Karen! I’m sure it tastes great with a cup of tea too.
Why pie, of course. Making an apple pie today. Home with the kiddos…again.
Oh happy day!
~ Wendy
Fun, Wendy! If you’re baking an apple pie, that must mean you have electricity? Woo to the hoo! (as you like to say)
Oh my goodness, that looks soooo good!
Doesn’t it, Melissa?! I recommend saving your calories for it. It’s worth it!
Going to try this. YUM! Thank you!
Enjoy, Diana! It’s a perfect treat for this time of year.
Can I just say…yum! I’m printing this one out. I made Pumpkin gooey butter cake for book club the other night and it was fantastic. You can google it. Paula Deen (nuff said).
Oohhh, Is that the pumpkin recipe you pinned on Pinterest a couple weeks ago, Jessica? It looked amazing! (I love that all of Paula Deen’s recipes have the word ‘butter’ in them, even a cake.
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I’ve only started eating pumpkin pie the last few years. It’s growing on me. This recipe sounds good.
In the last few years, Susan? Oh my goodness, how did you survive all those years without pumpkin pie?!
My husband and my kids LOVE pumpkin pie, pudding etc. Me, I’m not such a fan – but this dessert might just make me change my mind.
It’s worth a try, Stacy!
Sarah, this sounds so deelish! I’m going to try making it.
I love pumpkin everything–pumpkin spice coffee, pumpkin blizzards, pumpkin pie, pumpkin scones… Need I go on?? lol!
Oohhh, I’ve seen the pumpkin Blizzards at DQ, Cindy, but I haven’t tried one yet. They look yummy!