Holly's Peach Flambe Cheesecake

Name: Holly's Peach Flambe Cheesecake
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 16 servings Splash brandy, preferably peach flavored; 118 milliliters brown sugar; 3 Tbsps butter; 4 Tbsps butter, melted; 355 milliliters snickerdoodle cookies, crushed; 680 grams cream cheese, softened; 3 larges eggs, room temperature; 3 Tbsps peach schnapps; 4 mediums peaches, ripened, peeled and cut into wedges; 237 milliliters sugar; 16 servings Walnuts, optional

Holly's Peach Flambe Cheesecake requires around 1 hour and 30 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains roughly 9g of protein, 40g of fat, and a total of 532 calories. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 16. Head to the store and pick up butter, peach schnapps, sugar, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F for lightly colored pans or 300 degrees F for dark colored pans.

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For the crust:In a small bowl, toss crumbs with melted butter. Press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.

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Butter

Crust

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Springform Pan

Bowl

Bake for 8 minutes. Set aside.

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Oven

For the filling:Meanwhile, combine cream cheese and sugar until well blended. Stir in peach schnapps until just blended.

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Peach Schnapps

Cream Cheese

Sugar

Add eggs, 1 at a time, stirring after each addition until just blended.

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Egg

Pour onto crust.

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Crust

Using heavy duty foil, wrap outsides and bottom of pan.

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Wrap

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Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Place cheesecake on a wire rack inside a larger pan. Fill larger pan with very hot water 1/3 the way up the springform pan.

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Water

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Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until center is almost set.

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Remove cheesecake from hot water bath and remove foil.

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Water

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Let stand 10 minutes before running knife around the edge to loosen cake from sides. Cool for 1 hour then refrigerate uncovered at least 4 hours or overnight.

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