Spiced Cider Cheesecake

Name: Spiced Cider Cheesecake
Prep time: 6 h
Cook time: 6 h
Total time: 6 h
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 340 grams frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed; 59 milliliters butter, melted; 237 milliliters finely crushed gingerbread cookies or gingersnaps; 2 Tbsps cornstarch; 680 grams pkg. cream cheese, softened; 177 milliliters chopped dried apples; 4 eggs; 237 milliliters graham cracker crumbs; 355 milliliters sour cream; 2 Tbsps mulling spices; 2 Tbsps sugar

One portion of this dish contains around 5g of protein, 24g of fat, and a total of 285 calories. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 16. If you have apple juice concentrate, butter, cornstarch, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 6 hours.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, combine cookie crumbs, graham cracker crumbs and 1/4 cup sugar; mix well. Stir in butter. Reserve 2 tablespoons crumb mixture for garnish. Press remaining crumb mixture in bottom and 2 inches up sides of ungreased 9-inch springform pan.

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Graham Cracker Crumbs

Cookie Crumbs

Butter

Sugar

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Springform Pan

Bowl

Oven

Bake at 350°F. for 10 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Wrap outside of pan, bottom and sides, with heavy-duty foil.

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Wrap

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Oven

Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Meanwhile, in small saucepan, bring apple juice concentrate and mulling spices to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil 10 minutes.

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Apple Juice Concentrate

Spices

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Sauce Pan

Place dried apples in medium bowl. Strain apple juice mixture over apples; discard spices. Cool 15 minutes or until lukewarm, stirring occasionally.

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Dried Apples

Apple Juice

Apple

Spices

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Bowl

Beat cream cheese in large bowl at medium speed until creamy. Beat in 3/4 cup sugar and cornstarch until smooth. Reduce speed to low; beat in eggs one at a time, beating just until combined and scraping down sides of bowl after each addition. Beat in lukewarm apple mixture.

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Cream Cheese

Corn Starch

Apple

Sugar

Egg

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Bowl

Pour into crust-lined pan.

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Crust

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Frying Pan

Bake at 350°F. for 50 to 55 minutes or until sides of cheesecake are set and puffed, top is golden brown and center still moves slightly when pan is tapped.

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Oven

Frying Pan

Meanwhile, in small bowl, combine topping ingredients; blend well.

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Bowl

Remove cheesecake from oven. Gently spread sour cream topping over cheesecake. Return to oven; bake an additional 5 minutes. Center will still move slightly when pan is tapped. Turn off oven; let cheesecake stand in oven with door slightly ajar for 10 minutes.

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Sour Cream