Dulce de Leche Cheesecake Squares

Name: Dulce de Leche Cheesecake Squares
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 64
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 85 grams fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), coarsely chopped; 2 teaspoons light corn syrup; 237 milliliters 1/2 oz wheatmeal crackers (sometimes called digestive biscuits), crumbled; 227 grams cream cheese, softened; 354 grams cup dulce de leche; 2 larges eggs; 1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin (from a 1/4-oz envelope); 0 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps sugar; 59 milliliters 1/2 stick unsalted butter, cut into pieces; 59 milliliters whole milk

This recipe serves 64. One portion of this dish contains roughly 1g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 36 calories. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up cream cheese, eggs, wheatmeal crackers, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 325°F. Line bottom and sides of an 8-inch square baking pan with 2 sheets of foil (crisscrossed), leaving a 2-inch overhang on all sides.

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Baking Pan

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Finely grind crackers with sugar and a pinch of salt in a food processor. With motor running, add butter, blending until combined. Press mixture evenly onto bottom of baking pan.

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Crackers

Butter

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Baking Pan

Bake 10 minutes, then cool in pan on a rack 5 minutes.

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Oven

Frying Pan

Sprinkle gelatin over milk in a small bowl and let stand 2 minutes to soften.

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Gelatin

Milk

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Bowl

Beat together cream cheese, eggs, salt, and gelatin mixture in a bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until well combined, about 2 minutes, then stir in dulce de leche gently but thoroughly.

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Dulce De Leche

Cream Cheese

Gelatin

Egg

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Pour filling over crust, smoothing top, then bake in a hot water bath in oven until center is just set, about 45 minutes. Cool cheesecake completely in pan on rack, about 2 hours. Chill, covered, at least 6 hours.

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Crust

Water

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Oven

Frying Pan

Heat all glaze ingredients in a double boiler or a small metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water, stirring until smooth, then pour over cheesecake, tilting baking pan to coat top evenly. Chill, uncovered, 30 minutes.

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Glaze

Water

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Double Boiler