This Instant Pot Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe is easy, delicious, and full of just the right amount of pumpkin flavor for those who want something different this holiday season. This silky smooth cheesecake is the perfect way to enjoy a fall treat and will be an instant family favorite.
Instant Pot Cheesecake
Raise your hand if you pot an Instant Pot on Black Friday! Have you used it yet? Instant Pot cheesecake is incredibly creamy and it's so simple to do.
Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and I swear I have no idea where the last year went! It's been almost a year since we got the Instant Pot on Black Friday. It doesn't scare me anymore to use it, so that's a good thing. I love all the desserts that I get out of it. I have yet to use the one I bought for anything but desserts. I keep saying I'm going to have to get one for the house so I can cook regular meals with it. Maybe this Black Friday? Come on Amazon, I need a sale!
I'm a big fan of cheesecakes made in the Instant Pot. This is my first pumpkin anything from the gadget, but I would say this is a pretty tasty easy pumpkin cheesecake recipe. It would be great for any Thanksgiving dessert that you may need. This is simple to make and fairly quick.
Ingredients in Instant Pot Pumpkin Cheesecake
- Graham cracker crumbs
- Butter
- Cinnamon
- Ground almonds
- Cream cheese
- Dark brown sugar
- Sugar
- Egg
- Egg yolk
- Sour cream
- Pumpkin puree
- Vanilla extract
- Nutmeg
- Cloves
- Flour
We got pumpkins this year in our farmhouse delivery and so I roasted them up and pureed them to make my own homemade pumpkin puree. I love the taste and find it so much better than the canned stuff. But I know holidays are approaching and time is important. So if you want a quick and easy, just open the can. It's still good! Just be sure to buy pumpkin puree and not pumpkin pie filling.
How to Make Easy Pumpkin Cheesecake
- Combine the crust ingredients and press into a 7" springform pan. Freeze for 10 minutes.
- Prepare the cheesecake batter and pour it into the pan.
- Add two cups of water and a trivet to the Instant Pot and carefully lower in the unbaked cheesecake and cover with foil.
- Seal the lid and cook at high pressure for 27 minutes followed by a natural pressure release.
- Chill overnight in the fridge.
I made the crust with graham cracker crumbs. But you could easily substitute graham crackers for those little Biscoff Cookies.
The cinnamon and brown sugar cookie flavor would be a great crust for the cake. I didn't realize how good those were until I started flying American Airlines so much this year and they always hand out those cookies on the morning flights. So good with coffee. Now if they could just make a good coffee, I may never want to get off the plane.
Also another note about the pans you use in the Instant Pot. I have a 7-Inch Round Springform Pan. It's the same equipment I used to create the Triple Chocolate Cheesecake recipe. After a few comments on that recipe about spill over when cooking, we discovered that all 7" pans are not the same height. So if you make this leave a little room at the top for the rise of the cake. About an inch should get you enough room so you don't have spill over.
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Instant Pot Pumpkin Cheesecake
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 2 Tablespoons butter melted
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup ground almonds toasted and cooled
Pumpkin Cheesecake
- 1 pound cream cheese
- ¼ cup packed dark brown sugar
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 whole egg room temperature
- 2 egg yolk room temperature
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 8 ounces pumpkin puree
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon cloves
- 1 Tablespoon flour
Instructions
- Spray the 7" springform pan with cooking spray.
- Add two cups of water to the instant pot and place the rack on the bottom.
- Make a tin foil sling to lift the cheesecake in and out of the instant pot.
Crust
- In a food processor combine the graham crackers, almonds, cinnamon and the butter.
- Pour the crumb butter mixture into the bottom of the pan and pat until even and going up the sides of the pan. Put in freezer for 10 minutes.
Cheesecake
- In a food processor, mix the cream cheese with dark brown and white sugar.
- Once combined, add one egg followed by the 2 egg yolks.
- Add the sour cream and pumpkin.
- Continually scrape the bowl down. Add vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and flour and mix until creamy.
- Pour mixture into the springform pan and smooth with a spatula.
- Place pan on the tin foil sling and slowly lower into the Instant Pot.
- Loosely cover the cheesecake with a foil lid to prevent moisture buildup on the top of the cake.
- Set Instant Pot to maximum pressure for 27 minutes.
- Once done, turn machine off and let it return to normal pressure for 15 minutes.
- Unlock lid and use sling to transfer pan to cooling rack for an hour.
- Chill in refrigerator overnight.
Notes
Nutrition
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Jeannette Hughes says
Thank you for your time my family loves anything pumpkin 😢
peggy stair says
i have a few questions- it looks like the crust goes all the way up? but yet only one cup of crackers, second, there is no whipping cream so i assume the sour cream replaces it somehow? I am not seeing actual cheesecake on the side view so i am just wondering about these things before i make it- thank you so much
serena says
Hi Peggy, yes correct the crust goes up about half way. This is thin, not a thick crust. Yes, also correct, no whipping cream in the cheesecake. Right above the ingredients is an image with a cut piece of the cheesecake to see the side view. Let me know if any other questions. Enjoy 🙂
Joan says
Thanks for a great recipe.....I have a 6 inch springform pan, increased cook time to 35 minutes, served with almond flavored whipped cream and candied slivered almonds. A keeper!!! Thank you!
serena says
Yum! That sounds delish!
Jonathan says
Thank you for yet another winner! I made this, and it was fantastic! I love that your recipes are simple to follow, and they work. I've also made your instant pot triple chocolate cheesecake, and that was off the charts. The next time, I might do a mashup of the two and make the pumpkin cheesecake with the oreo crust. I had never baked a cake from scratch before let alone a cheesecake, and thanks to you I look like I know what I'm doing! Ha!
serena says
Thanks so much for sharing! So glad everything worked out for you with the recipes. Let us know how the pumpkin cheesecake turns out with the oreos 🙂
Denise says
Just waiting on my IP to finish up with the npr cycle. This cake was so EASY to make. First time for even making a dessert in my pot! Thank you for sharing. Im counting on it to be amazing!
serena says
Hope it is delicious! Love using my IP for cheesecakes 🙂
Dawn Davis says
Do you cover with a paper towel and then loosely in tin foil before cooking? I’ve made several cheese cakes in the IP and I didn’t see you post about that step.
serena says
Yes you could loosely cover it with foil to prevent moisture. Don't wrap tight because it will change your cook time.
Charlotte says
Do you think you can use ginger snaps for the crust?
serena says
Yes definitely
Tara says
Do you cover the top with foil or leave it uncovered? Thanks?
serena says
You could cover it loosely to avoid water buildup. If you end up with the water buildup, just dab with a paper towel once you take it out.
Nancy says
Just put this in my Instant Pot! Can’t wait to see how it turns out!
serena says
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Melissa says
Oh my, this looks so delicious! Love anything pumpkin and this cheese cake looks so so good. I would definitely need to be making it soon.
serena says
Thanks so much! It's super simple and fairly quick.
Amanda Rosson says
Oh wow, my mouth is watering just looking at this! So beautiful and yummy looking! I absolutely love cheesecake, anything pumpkin, and instant pot recipes so this is right up my alley! I so want to make this ASAP!
serena says
Great pretty much any day of the week, but a great addition for any Thanksgiving meal.
Shoshana Sue says
This looks really yummy, would like to try out the recipe. Yes like you, I have no idea where the year has gone.
serena says
It's quite an easy recipe. Let us know if you get to try it.
Marge says
OMG! I did not know you could make a cheesecake in the Insta Pot. I am going too have to try this for sure. And since my family doesn't like pumpkin, it will all be for me lol
serena says
Dessert for one! Sometimes the best kind 🙂 Enjoy!
krystal says
Yes, please! This looks amazing! I just bought an Instant Pot and had NO idea you could make cheesecake in it!
serena says
Give it a try. It's super simple and goes pretty quick.
Sherry Vogel says
Can you explain the “tin sling”?
serena says
Sure. Because the pan gets so hot it's hard to pull it out of the instant pot, so the foil sling is used to lift it in and out of the pot. Take a piece of foil about 24", fold it in half and again in half until it gets to be about 2-3" wide. Use it for lowering pan into the instant pot. You can see a bit of it here around the 30 second mark on our chocolate cheesecake video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT7MRw_iQ0A
Marissa Mckenna says
I need to add an instant pot to my wish list too. This cheesecake looks fantastic!
serena says
Thanks so much! Keep your eyes open on Black Friday, maybe Amazon will have another killer deal on it this year.
Beth Davidson says
I'm obsessed with my Instant Pot, so this is definitely going on my recipe list. I'm so intrigued! Who knew you could do so much in this thing.
serena says
I know right! It's a pretty great little kitchen gadget 🙂
Andrea says
I think I may be the last person on earth without an Instant Pot but seeing this is definitely making me reconsider. That looks amazing!
serena says
Thanks so much! I thought I was the last person out there last year. I'm always so surprised by how many people have this gadget!
Jessica says
Instant pot is on my Christmas list! There are so many recipes I wanna try, this cheese cake looks delicious!
serena says
Keep your eye open on black friday. Last year they had a screaming deal on Amazon.
Lori Geurin says
Seriously, you can make cheesecake in an Instant Pot? I have to get one of those! This cheesecake looks amazingly delicious. I'm going to have to make this soon. I'm going to Pin it right now!
serena says
It's super simple to make! Love the instant pot for this!