Sunday, March 27, 2011

Birthday Celebrations!!

In celebration of my mom's and brother-in-law's birthdays, I made this amazing Turtle Cheesecake:



Ingredients

  • 2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 14 ounces individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped
  • 1 (5 ounce) can evaporated milk
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter one 9 inch springform pan.
  2. Toast the pecans at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 6 minutes. Remove pecans and set aside. Leave oven at 350 degrees C (175 degrees C). In a small saucepan, melt the unsalted butter.
  3. Combine vanilla wafer crumbs with the melted butter then press into the bottom of the prepared springform pan. Place the pan onto a cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove and allow to cool.
  4. In a double boiler, or a bowl set over barely simmering water, melt the caramels in the evaporated milk. Stir until smooth. Pour this over the cooled crust. Sprinkle the nuts over the top.
  5. In a bowl, combine the cheese, sugar, and vanilla and beat until smooth, scraping down the bowl several times. Add the eggs, one at a time and beat until smooth. Melt the chocolate chips in the double boiler and mix into the cheese mixture. Pour the batter over the caramel layer.
  6. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 minutes or until barely set. Chill over night in the refrigerator before serving.
ENJOY!!

5 comments:

  1. That looks and sounds heavenly. I'll be right over to have a piece. I hope you saved me some. ;-)

    I am adding this to my to-do list in the very near future. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. wow now that is some cheesecake....I may have to try this one....it sounds delicious and I am sure your mom loved it!

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  3. Hi there. I'm just popping over from BlogFrog. Thanks for sharing your blog with me; it's so fun to check out other blogs! This cake looks AMAZING, though I'm not a nut person. I'm going to print out the recipe and figure out some sort of substitute for the nuts.

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  4. This looks AMAZING! Oh now I have a sweet tooth.

    BTW, I hopped over by from BlogFrog!

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  5. Great recipe! Happy Mother's Day! I am a new fan from Bloggy Moms.

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    Marsha

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