Ultimate Turtle Cheesecake

Name: Ultimate Turtle Cheesecake
Prep time: 5 h 40 min
Cook time: 5 h 40 min
Total time: 5 h 40 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 Tbsps butter or margarine, melted; 397 grams package KRAFT Caramels; 680 grams packages PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened; 3 eggs; 118 milliliters milk; 473 milliliters OREO Chocolate Cookie Crumbs; 237 milliliters PLANTERS Pecan Pieces; 57 grams BAKERS Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate; 177 milliliters sugar; 1 Tbsp vanilla

Ultimate Turtle Cheesecake requires about 5 hours and 40 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 16. One serving contains 494 calories, 7g of protein, and 32g of fat. A mixture of butter, caramels, eggs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F if using a silver 9-inch springform pan (or to 300 degrees F if using a dark nonstick springform pan).

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Springform Pan

Oven

Mix crumbs and butter; press firmly onto bottom and 2 inches up side of pan.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Place caramels and milk in small microwavable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 3 minutes or until caramels are completely melted, stirring after each minute. Stir in pecans.

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Caramel Candy

Pecans

Milk

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Microwave

Bowl

Pour half of the caramel mixture into crust. Refrigerate 10 minutes. Cover and refrigerate remaining caramel mixture for later use.

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Caramel

Crust

Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.

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Cream Cheese

Vanilla

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended.

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Egg

Pour over caramel layer in crust.

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Caramel

Crust

Bake 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 10 minutes or until center is almost set. Run knife or metal spatula around side of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing side of pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.

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Oven

Spatula