Sweet Potato Cheesecake

Name: Sweet Potato Cheesecake
Prep time: 3 h 40 min
Cook time: 3 h 40 min
Total time: 3 h 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters packed brown sugar; 59 milliliters butter; 680 grams packages cream cheese, softened; 3 eggs, room temperature; 296 milliliters graham cracker crumbs; 59 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 237 milliliters chopped pecans; 79 milliliters sour cream; 907 grams sweet potatoes; 207 milliliters white sugar

Sweet Potato Cheesecake requires around 3 hours and 40 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 8 servings with 811 calories, 11g of protein, and 51g of fat each. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up brown sugar, butter, pecans, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C ).

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Mix together graham cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1/4 cup melted butter. Press mixture into the bottom of a 9 1/2-inch springform pan.

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Graham Cracker Crumbs

Butter

Sugar

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Springform Pan

Bake 10 minutes; remove from oven and set aside. Keep the oven on.

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Place potatoes in a baking dish.

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Potato

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Bake until a knife inserted in center goes through easily, about 1 hour. Cool sweet potatoes enough to handle, peel, and puree.

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Sweet Potato

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Knife

Beat cream cheese and 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons white sugar until smooth.

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Cream Cheese

Granulated Sugar

Mix in sour cream, 1/4 cup cream, and 1 1/2 cups sweet potato puree. Beat in eggs one at a time, blending well after each.

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Sweet Potato Puree

Sour Cream

Cream

Egg

Pour filling into crust.

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Crust

Bake in 350 degrees F (175 degrees C ) oven until a tester inserted near the center comes out clean, about 1 hour (center may still be slightly jiggly).

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Turn off the oven.

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Let cake stand 1 hour in oven with door ajar.

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Combine brown sugar and 1/4 cup butter or margarine in a heavy small saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat, and bring to a boil.

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Brown Sugar