Shelly's Recipe

PUMPKIN TORTE I

Category: Tortes

24 graham crackers
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 Tbsp Ground cinnamon
2 eggs, beaten
1 envelope plain gelatin
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cold water
1 (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese
3 egg whites
2 cups Libby pumpkin (small can)
1/4 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
1/2 pint whipping cream
1/2 cup sugar

Mix crushed graham crackers, 1/3 cup sugar and butter. Press into a 9 X 13 inch pan. Mix beaten eggs, 3/4 cup sugar and cream cheese. Pour over crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Cook pumpkin, egg yolks, 1/2 cup sugar, milk, salt, and cinnamon until mixture thickens. Remove from heat and add gelatin dissolved in cold water. Cool. Beat egg white, 1/4 cup sugar. Fold into pumpkin mixture. Pour over cooled baked crust. Top with whipped cream.