Pumpkin Cheesecake Trifle

 Easy & No Bake!

Getting ready for fall baking?    Still waiting to drop under 100--- but this recipe is divine and rich.  

1 pkg ginger snap cookies

12 oz cream cheese, softened

2 tsp of vanilla

1 1/2 c pumpkin puree (15 oz can will work)

1 c sugar

3 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1 pint whipping cream

1 c powdered sugar

1. Crush ginger snaps into medium sized pieces.

2. Beat cream cheese until smooth.   Add vanilla, pumpkin, sugar, and pumpkin pie spice to cream cheese mixture and mix until combined.

3. Whip cream and  powdered sugar until fluffy.

4. Layer cookies- pumpkin mixture - whip cream mixture into trifle dish--- you can get 2-3 layers of each.   Top with whip cream and sprinkle on a few ginger snap crumbs.

If you don't have pumpkin pie spice handy--- make your own:

3 T cinnamon

2 tsp ginger

2 tsp nutmeg