Dutch Apple Brandy Cheesecake
From lacrenshaw 15 years agoIngredients
- CRUST: shopping list
- 1 1/4 cups gingersnap crumbs shopping list
- 1/3 cup butter, melted shopping list
- 1/3 cup nuts, chopped (your choice) shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon shopping list
- FILLING: shopping list
- 32 ounces cream cheese, room temperature shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- 3 tablespoon apple brandy shopping list
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg (or more) shopping list
- 4 large eggs shopping list
- 1 cup chunky applesauce shopping list
- 1/4 cup heavy cream shopping list
- TOPPING: shopping list
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar shopping list
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1/3 cup butter, very soft shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- CRUST:
- Combine cookie crumbs, butter, nuts and cinnamon.
- Press crumb mixture onto bottom and 1 1/2" up sides of 9" springform pan.
- Bake crust 10 minutes OR until golden.
- Cool.
- FILLING:
- Beat cream cheese in bowl of mixer until smooth.
- Gradually add sugar to cream cheese.
- Beat until smooth.
- Add brandy, cinnamon, vanilla extract and nutmeg.
- Blend well.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating until just mixed.
- Stir applesauce and cream.
- Pour batter into prepared crust.
- Bake for 50 minutes.
- Remove from oven.
- DO NOT turn oven off!
- TOPPING:
- Combine all ingredients until crumbly.
- Sprinkle over top of cheesecake.
- Return cheesecake to oven.
- Bake 10 minutes more.
- Remove from oven.
- Cool on a rack IN PAN 5 minutes.
- Loosen springform from pan.
- Cool for 30 minutes.
- Remove cake from pan.
- Cover.
- Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.
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