Pecan Praline Cheesecake

Name: Pecan Praline Cheesecake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters firmly packed light brown sugar; 15 Caramels, unwrapped; 680 grams packages cream cheese, softened; 3 larges eggs; 6 Tbsps all-purpose flour, divided; 355 milliliters crushed gingersnaps (about 24 cookies); 2 Tbsps heavy whipping cream; 118 milliliters butter or margarine, melted and divided; 118 milliliters chopped pecans, toasted; 0 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 7g of protein, 34g of fat, and a total of 518 calories. A mixture of margarine, vanillan extract, gingersnaps, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Stir together gingersnaps and 1/4 cup melted butter; press mixture into bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.

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Gingersnap Cookies

Butter

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Springform Pan

Beat cream cheese, sugar, and 2 tablespoons flour at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes.

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Cream Cheese

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Add eggs, vanilla, and salt; beat 3 minutes.

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Vanilla

Egg

Salt

Pour batter into prepared crust. Set aside.

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Crust

Stir together brown sugar, pecans, remaining 1/4 cup flour, and remaining 1/4 cup melted butter until crumbly.

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Brown Sugar

Butter

Pecans

All Purpose Flour

Sprinkle around edge of cream cheese mixture.

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Cream Cheese

Bake at 300 for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until center is firm. Turn off oven. Leave cheesecake in oven 30 minutes.

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Oven

Remove cheesecake from oven; cool in pan on a wire rack 30 minutes. Cover and chill 8 hours.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Frying Pan

Drizzle caramel topping on edge of chilled cheesecake, if desired.

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Caramel Sauce

To make caramel topping, place caramels and whipping cream in 1-cup microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at High for 30 seconds to 1 minute, stirring halfway through cooking time, until melted.

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Caramel Sauce

Whipping Cream