Recipe for cooking fancy pumpkin pie

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Fancy Pumpkin Pie

8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring
1 egg
1 (9-in.) pie shell, unbaked
1 1/4 c. canned pumpkin
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
Dash of salt
1 c. evaporated milk
2 eggs, beaten slightly

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix cream cheese, 1/4 c. sugar and vanilla extract or flavoring together until blended. Add egg and mix well. Spread on bottom of pie shell.

In a bowl, combine remaining ingredients and pour over cream cheese mixture. Bake for 65 mins..