Sue's Dutch Caramel Apple Cheesecake
Source of Recipe
Sue
Recipe Introduction
Very impressive dessert for company, and so worth the making.
Its really good with apple pie ice cream.
It is VERY rich, and VERY fattening, but any dessert worth
its salt is.
Pecan Pie Crust:
20 pecan sandies
1/2 c. chopped pecans
2 T. very soft butter
Blend all together will in blender or food processor till fine crumbs form. Set aside to use at end of baking cycle.
Process above ingredients for crust in food processor, until crumbs are nice and moist pat into a 10" springform pan, and bake in preheated 350 oven for 8 mins. Remove, and cool on a wire rack.
Cheesecake Filling:
3 8 oz. pkgs. cream cheese, room temperature
1 14.5 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
3 lg. eggs, room temperature
1 can apple pie filling, or 1 1/2 c. your own homeade
Dutch Topping:
1/2 c. pecans chopped
1/4 c. melted margarine or butter
1/2 c. graham cracker crumbs
1/4 c. flour
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
Lower oven temperature to 325. Place a pan with about 2" of
water in bottom of oven, to creat moist atmosphere.
In a lg. mixing bowl, cream sweetened condensed milk, and 3 8 oz. softened cream cheese. When well blended, add 3 lg. eggs, one at a time. Add 2 tsp. vanilla, and 1 tsp. cinnamon. Beat until well blended. Pour into
crust.
Top with Apples from Pie Filling, placing apples in fan around the cheesecake. You won't need the whole can. Save the rest for something else, it will freeze fine.
Bake for 35 mins., then pull from oven, and sprinkle dutch topping on, and pat well.
Return to oven for 15 mins.
Remove cheesecake, and run knife round edges of cake to
loosen. TURN OVEN HEAT OFF.
Return cheesecake to oven, and crack door, and let set 1 hr., to slowly start cool down. This cooling method
will help you bake a crack free cheesecake.
Remove and finish cooling on wire rack.
Chill for 3 hrs., then remove sides of springform pan.
Drizzle with caramel sauce of our choosing, when serving.
Slice it into 12-16 servings, and plate it standing up, then drizzle sauce over plate, and cheeseake.
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