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    Carmel Apple White Chocolate Cheesecake


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    KSL

    List of Ingredients




    Carmel Apple White Chocolate Cheesecake




    * For the crust:
    * 1 1/4 cups crushed shortbread cookies or graham crackers
    * 2 tbsp sugar
    * 1/4 cup melted butter

    * For the filling:
    * 1/4 cup whipping cream
    * 3-4oz. good quality European white chocolate, chopped
    * 3 8oz. packages cream cheese at room temperature
    * 1/2 cup sugar
    * 3 large eggs
    * 1 tsp vanilla

    * For the topping:
    * 1-2 small pink lady apples, or other apples of your choice, peeled and thinly sliced
    * 1/4 cup sugar
    * 1/2 tsp cinnamon

    * Caramel Sauce
    * ½ cup Butter
    * 1 cup Brown Sugar
    * 1 cup Sour Cream

    Recipe






    Melt butter over medium heat in a sauce pan. Add brown sugar and stir until sugar is light and bubbly. Remove from heat and whisk in Sour Cream until smooth.n 8 inch spring form pan with parchment paper, and set aside.

    Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8 inch spring form pan with parchment paper, and set aside.

    In a small bowl, toss together cookie crumbs and sugar. Add melted butterand stir with a fork until well blended. Pour into prepared pan, and press crumbs onto the bottom of the pan.
    Bake crust for 8-10 minutes. Set aside to cool.

    While the crust is baking, heat cream in a small saucepan until almost a boil.
    Add white chocolate. Remove from heat and let it rest for 2-3 minutes.
    Stir until smooth. Cool to lukewarm.

    In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy.
    Add sugar and beat well, scraping down the sides occasionally.
    Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Pour in the white chocolate mixture and vanilla. Beat until light and smooth.
    Pour the filling into the cooled crust.

    In a small bowl, stir together cinnamon and sugar. Arrange apples over the top of the filling in a circular pattern, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture. Bake for 55-60 minutes. Turn off the oven but leave the cake in with the door closed for 1 hour longer. Remove from oven and refrigerate for 3-4 hours or overnight.
    Dust with confectioners sugar before serving if desired.

    Makes one 8-inch cake; serves 10

 

 

 


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