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Holiday Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe By: Sherilyn Patrick Crust ½ cup almond nuts Large pk. Digestive biscuits 1½ tbsp. margarine Place nuts and biscuits in a food processor and chop into a fine mixture. Melt the butter and pour into the mixture and mix until the crust starts to clump together. Spoon into your baking dish and evenly spread along the bottom of the dish, you can determine how thick you want it. If you are allergic to nuts you can omit them. Peach Sunset Cocktail 1 1/2 0z Malibu Coconut Rum 1/2 0z Peach Snaps 1/4 0z Grenadine 1/2 0z Craneberry Juice Shake ingedients straing in Cocktail Glass Top with Pineapple Filling 2 packages 8oz. cream cheese 1 cup pumpkin puree Pinch of fresh nutmeg ½ tsp. cinnamon ½ tsp. ginger powder Pinch of salt ½ cup brown sugar 2 large eggs ½ tsp. vanilla extract Prepare your pumpkin puree first by steaming your pumpkin in a small pot with a little water. When the pumpkin is cooked, add your nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger and salt and crush until smooth. You can also purchase canned pumpkin puree from the store and add your spices. Mix your cream cheese batter by adding the cream cheese (at room temperature), sugar and eggs to a bowl and mixing. After adding your puree to the cream cheese batter, spoon into your dish on top of your batter. Bake in the oven at 350°F for 25 minutes or until centre of cheesecake is set. Allow to cool and chill for at least 6 hours. Serve your first slice with any topping of your choice; my family loves cherries, whipped cream or a drizzle of Hershey’s chocolate syrup. 26 | Island Signatures Mixologist: Mojo’s Bartender: Anthony Bolden