Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake
No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake brings together cream cheese, milk, and vanilla extract. Read the chilling step before deciding when to start. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Total
- 20 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 10 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Desserts
- Cuisine
- American
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 16–30 minutes · Total: 30 minutes or less
- Dietary characteristics
- Vegetarian
A few quick notes
1. Plan the chilling step
Read the chilling step before deciding when to start. Make room in the fridge and use the time and sequence in the recipe, so that part does not catch you by surprise.
2. Fold in at the stated step
Have the ingredient for folding in ready before you need it. Follow that mixing step as written, rather than putting every ingredient into the bowl at the start.
3. Set out the finishing ingredient
Keep the finishing ingredient within reach while the main preparation is going on. Add it at the step in the method so the last job is easy to complete.
Get to know the ingredients
Cream cheese
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Beat together the cream cheese, 1 tablespoon of milk, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl.
Milk
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Beat together the cream cheese, 1 tablespoon of milk, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl.
Vanilla extract
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Beat together the cream cheese, 1 tablespoon of milk, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
0 of 3 steps completeMake room for No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake
Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Top with the remaining ½ tub whipped topping and refrigerate for at least 4 hours. Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Have the whisking step ready
Set out the ingredients for the whisking step together. Follow that part of the preparation before moving to the next cooking or mixing stage.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Read the first preparation step before you get going: Beat together the cream cheese, 1 tablespoon of milk, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl.
Which little step is worth remembering?
Read the chilling step before deciding when to start. Make room in the fridge and use the time and sequence in the recipe, so that part does not catch you by surprise.
What happens at the end?
Keep this part of the method in view: Top with the remaining ½ tub whipped topping and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
Set out the ingredients for the whisking step together. Follow that part of the preparation before moving to the next cooking or mixing stage.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: Spend With Pennies. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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