Festive Cranberry-Topped Cheesecake
Festive Cranberry-Topped Cheesecake might be a good recipe to expand your dessert recipe box. One portion of this dish contains approximately 8g of protein, 38g of fat, and a total of 584 calories. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have ground cinnamon, cornstarch, orange peel, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 25 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Nasi Minyak (Malaysian Festive Rice), Savory Radicchio and Prosciutto Crostini Topped with Sweet Syrupy Sapa, and Avocado & Tomato Salad Topped with Grilled Shrimp.
Instructions
In a small bowl, combine cookie crumbs and sugar; stir in butter. Press onto the bottom of a greased 9-in. springform pan.
Place pan on a baking sheet.
Bake at 325° for 6-8 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack.
In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in the orange juice and peel, vanilla and cinnamon.
Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined.
Return pan to baking sheet.
Bake at 325° for 45-50 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight.
In a large saucepan, combine the cranberries, sugar and water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 3 minutes.
Combine cornstarch and orange juice until smooth; stir into cranberry mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
Remove from the heat; cool to room temperature. Stir in pecans. Spoon over cheesecake. Refrigerate until chilled.