Recipe

Bourbon Pumpkin Caramel Cheesecake Recipe

	Grizzlybear / All my dishes 2 years, 3 months ago have a sweet taste of pumpkin with a little kick.....haha this one takes about 5 hours from start to finish ;-) Prep:60m Cook:240m Servings:12	Grizzlybear
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Ingredients

Crust:

1 1/2 cup gingersnaps, finely ground

2 tablespoons light- or dark-brown sugar

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted (more if needed)

Caramel Sauce:

1 3/4 cup sugar

1 tablespoon light corn syrup

2 tablespoons hot water

1 cup warm cream

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

Pecan Pralines:

1 cup whole pecan halves

1/2 cup dark-brown sugar

1/8 teaspoon cinnamon

1 pinch of salt

1/8 teaspoon (or less, to taste) white pepper

3 tablespoons egg whites

Filling:

1 1/2 cup solid-packed pumpkin

3 large eggs

1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon ginger

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup caramel sauce

1 1/2 pound cream cheese, room temperature

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 tablespoons cornstarch

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

3 tablespoons bourbon or dark rum

chopped pralines

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

To make the crust: Butter a 9-inch or 10- inch springform pan and line the bottom with parchment paper. Combine gingersnap crumbs and sugar in bowl. Mix in melted butter and stir until crust holds together. Press crumbs onto the bottom of pan. Bake crust 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.

To make the caramel sauce: In a dry heavy saucepan, combine 1 3/4 cups sugar with corn syrup and hot water. Stir to blend and cook over medium heat until melted. Cook sugar, swirling pan, until a deep caramel.

Add warmed cream carefully, because caramel will splatter and bubble, stirring occasionally, until caramel dissolves. Let boil about 1 minute without stirring and remove from heat.

Remove a little more than 1/2 cup of the caramel for the cheesecake filling and set aside and allow to cool. Into the remaining caramel, stir butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla and cool to room temperature. To make the pralines: Place pecans in a small bowl. Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Pour egg whites over pecans and toss to totally coat with egg whites.

Pour dry ingredients over pecans and stir to coat, being careful not to break the pecans. Pour onto a baking sheet and bake in the 350- degree oven until the sugar coating is dry, about 15 minutes.

Remove from oven and allow to cool. Remove 12 perfect pecan halves and coarsely chop the remainder.

To make the filling: Blend together pumpkin, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, salt and 1/2 cup cooled caramel sauce.

In mixer, cream together cream cheese and sugar on low speed until smooth. Add cornstarch, vanilla and bourbon. Add pumpkin mixture to cream-cheese mixture and beat just until combined and smooth. Fold in chopped pralines. Pour mixture into pre-baked crust and bake 50 minutes to 55 minutes, or until cake is just set. Let cool 5 minutes.

Top with cooled caramel sauce, spreading evenly. Arrange pecan pralines decoratively on top and chill cheesecake, covered, overnight. Remove sides of pan.

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Comments

angelgal 2 years, 3 months ago said:
OH MY!!!

grizzlybear 2 years, 3 months ago said:
Hahah I have only made this one twice.....both times it vanished..........LOL

jgpgarrett 2 years, 3 months ago said:
Wow!

mystic_river1 2 years, 2 months ago said:
Took me longer than 5 hours...I wonder why HAHA
They are delicious. I make meals for some older folks around here and put 2 in each box for their supper. Should be a lively evening. Superb, my friend.

grizzlybear 2 years, 2 months ago said:
Mystic river glad you like it.......have a wonderful evening

snufflebunny15 2 years, 2 months ago said:
Oh my goodness. What a recipe, wonder if I can talk mom into trying it for Thanksgiving this year. I love praline and I'm a big pumpkin pie lover. A long time ago before I was born, mom used to make cheesecakes for a local restaurant and she told me about her gingersnap and pumpkin cheesecake. Never had it, she never wrote it down. Maybe this will give her the incentive to make one again. Yum.

jett2whit 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Griz, I gotta tell ya... you have some great recipes! Yummy on this one!! Jett

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