Caramel Apple Cheesecake

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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 1/4 cup Butter melted
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 packages cream cheese softened
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup Sour Cream
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3 small Granny Smith apples peeled, cored and coarsely chopped
  • 1/2 cup caramel ice cream topping

Makes: Cheesecake serves 10-12.


instructions

Preheat oven to 325°F.

In medium bowl, combine all crust ingredients. Press mixture into bottom of springform pan.

Bake 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven; cool completely.

In large bowl, beat cream cheese with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at time, vanilla and sour cream. Beat in sugar, cornstarch and cinnamon until mixture is smooth.

Gently fold in caramel ice cream topping and apples.

Pour into cooled crust. Place a shallow pan of water on bottom rack of oven.

Place springform pan on cookie sheet in oven. Bake 1-1 1/4 hours. Turn oven off and leave for 1 hour.

Remove from oven and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.

Just before serving, prepare topping.

In small bowl, blend sour cream and confectioners' sugar; spread over top of cheesecake. Drizzle ice cream topping over sour cream mixture.

Using knife or small spatula, gently pull caramel though sour cream.