Pumpkin Cheesecake

"At Thanksgiving, pumpkin pies are the norm, the typical, the standard dessert presented year after year. While pumpkin pie is good, I like to take my desserts to the next level whenever possible. The first time I made this pumpkin cheesecake recipe, I brought it to a friend's house for a day-after-Thanksgiving let's-finish-up-the-leftovers-with-the-neighbors kind of thing...and everyone went crazy for it! While I enjoyed the thanks and praise for my rich and creamy homemade dessert, I was also a little sad that there were no leftovers to take home...they ate it all! Oh well, guess I'll just have to make another one. "