Uptown Banana Pudding Cheesecake

Name: Uptown Banana Pudding Cheesecake
Prep time: 16 min
Cook time: 16 min
Total time: 16 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 larges ripe bananas, diced; 59 milliliters butter, melted; 1 Tbsp coffee liqueur; 680 grams packages cream cheese, softened; 3 larges eggs; 237 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 Tbsp lemon juice; 2 Tbsps light brown sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 355 milliliters finely crushed vanilla wafers; 59 milliliters chopped walnuts, toasted; 12 servings Meringue

Uptown Banana Pudding Cheesecake requires around 16 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 419 calories, 6g of protein, and 28g of fat. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. Head to the store and pick up bananas, lemon juice, walnuts, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Combine first 3 ingredients in a small bowl. Press evenly into bottom of a lightly greased 9-inch springform pan.

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Bowl

Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

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Oven

Combine diced bananas and 1 tablespoon lemon juice in a small saucepan. Stir in 2 tablespoons brown sugar.

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Brown Sugar

Lemon Juice

Banana

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Sauce Pan

Place over medium-high heat, and cook, stirring constantly, about 1 minute or just until sugar has melted. Set aside.

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Sugar

Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer 3 minutes or until smooth. Gradually add 1 cup granulated sugar, beating until blended.

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Granulated Sugar

Cream Cheese

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Hand Mixer

Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Beat in coffee liqueur and vanilla.

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Coffee Liqueur

Vanilla

Egg

Pour into prepared vanilla wafer crust. Spoon tablespoonfuls of banana mixture evenly over top, and swirl gently into cream cheese mixture.

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Cream Cheese

Vanilla

Banana

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Wafer

Bake at 350 for 35 to 40 minutes or until center is almost set.

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Drop spoonfuls of Meringue gently and evenly over hot filling.

Bake at 400 for 10 minutes or until Meringue is golden brown.

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Remove from oven, and gently run a knife around edge of cheesecake in springform pan to loosen. Cool cheesecake completely on a wire rack. Cover loosely, and chill 8 hours. Release and remove sides of pan.

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