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Christmas: Spiced Cheesecake

Source of Recipe


Paula Deen's Christmas (2010 Special Issue)



List of Ingredients



• -- Crust --
  
• 2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
  
• ¼ cup sugar
  
• ½ cup butter, melted
  
• .
  
• -- Filling --
  
• 4 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
  
• 1 cup sugar
  
• 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
  
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
  
• 2 large eggs
  
• 1 cup prepared eggnog
  
• 2 Tbsp dark rum
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 300° F.
   
   
2. To prepare crust:
   In a medium bowl, combine wafer crumbs and sugar. Add melted butter, stirring until combined. Press mixture into bottom and 1 inch up sides of a 9-inch springform pan.
   
   
3. To prepare filling:
   In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, flour, nutmeg, and cinnamon at medium speed with a mixer until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add eggnog and rum, beating until combined. Pour batter into prepared crust. Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Turn oven off, and leave cheesecake in oven with door closed for 1 hour. Remove from oven, and chill for at least 8 hours before serving.
   
   Makes one (9-inch) cheesecake.