Pumpkin Cheesecake and Pumpkin Waffle Cookies

It's Fall time again so why not start out with our famous Pumpkin Cheesecake or Pumpkin Waffle Cookies? Here are the recipes for these delightful desserts!

Pumpkin Mini Cheesecakes Recipe:

Ingredients:
2- 8 oz. packages of cream cheese
2- eggs
1 tsp.- vanilla extract
1/2 cup- sugar
1 box- vanilla wafers                                                        

24- cupcake cups

Variation:
Pumpkin Flavor-
1 cup- canned pumpkin ( not pumpkin pie mix)
1/2 cup- granulated sugar
2 tsp.- pumpkin pie spice

Directions:

Blend cream cheese, eggs, vanilla, and sugar. Place vanilla wafers in cupcake tins place in muffin pan. Add pumpkin mix and cheesecake mix together. Scoop Pumpkin Cheesecake mixture on top of each vanilla wafer until its 3/4 full. Preheat oven to 400 degrees, and put the cheesecake in the oven. Bake for 15-20 min. NOTE: WATCH CLOSE
Let cool and Add a swirl of cream cheese frosting (cream cheese frosting below)


Pumpkin Waffle Cookies Recipe:

Ingredients:

2- eggs beaten
1 cup- pumpkin
1 tsp.- vanilla extract
3/4 cup- milk
1 1/2 cups- sugar
1/2 cup shortening

Mix together, then add:
2 1/2 cups- flour
3/4 tsp- nutmeg
1 tsp- salt
3/4 tsp- cinnamon
1/4 tsp- ginger
2 tsp- baking powder

Heat waffle iron. Mix all ingredients together and then drop by the tablespoon on each section of the waffle iron. Make Cream Cheese frosting and frost. Top with crushed nuts.

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe:

Ingredients:

8 oz.- package of cream cheese
1 tsp.- vanilla extract
1 small package of powdered sugar

Mix together and spread over cookies