Crust:
2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup butter or maragine, melted
1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
Filling:
3 pkgs. (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
2 tsp. rum extract or 2 tbsp. dark rum
3 eggs
1/2 cup mashed ripe banana
Topping:
2 bananas, sliced
2 tsp. lemon juice
25 Kraft Caramels (1/2 of a 14 oz. pkg.), unwrapped
2 tbsp. milk
1/2 cup pecan halves
1 tsp. rum extract, optional
Recipe
Crust: mix crumbs, pecans, butter and sugar. Press onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking pan.
Filling: Mix cream cheese, sugar, and rum extract with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs; mix until blended. Stir in mashed bananas. Pour over crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.
Topping: Toss bananas with lemon juice. Arrange over cheesecake. Microwave caramels and milk in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 minutes. Add rum extract. Stir until smooth. Drizzle evenly over cheesecake. Sprinkle with pecan halves.