🏷️ Category: dessert
🌍 Cuisine: American
⭐ Difficulty: Medium
⏱️ Time: 45 min
📝 Introduction
The recipe Caramel Apple-Brownie Cheesecake is ready in roughly 45 minutes and is definitely a super lacto ovo vegetarian option for lovers of American food. One serving contains 503 calories, 8g of protein, and 31g of fat. For $1.43 per serving, this recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of
🥘 Ingredients
• baking apples1.5 cups
• baking powder2.5 teaspoons
• firmly brown sugar0.5 cup
• butter0.5 cup
• cream cheese12 oz
• eggs3
• flour1.5 cups
• granulated sugar2 tablespoons
• ground cinnamon2 tablespoons
• pecans0.25 cup
• salt0.5 teaspoon
• baking apples are apples that have a sweet-tart balance and hold their shape when8 servings
• vanilla extract4 teaspoons
👨🍳 Cooking Steps
1
Preheat oven to 350F (180 C)
2
Bake pecans in a single layer in a shallow pan for about 7-8 minutes or until lightly toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through
3
Remove from oven, let cool down, and chop
4
Reserve
5
Reduce oven temperature to 325F (about 160 C)
6
Grease and flour a 9-inch (22
7
cm) springform pan
8
Sprinkle pecans over bottom of the prepared pan and reserve
9
In a heavy-duty electric stand mixer, beat cream cheese, granulated sugar, and vanilla at medium speed until well-blended and smooth
10
Add 3 eggs (1 at a time), beating after each addition until just blended
11
Reserve
12
In a separate large bowl, whisk together brown sugar, melted butter, and remaining egg until blended
13
Then stir in the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt
14
Add the peeled and diced apples to the mixture and stir gently
15
Spoon batter into prepared pan
16
Carefully spoon cream cheese mixture over batter
17
Bake at 325F ( about 160 C) for 70 minutes or until set
18
Remove from oven, and gently run a knife around outer edge of cheesecake to loosen from sides of pan but do NOT remove sides of pan
19
Cool completely in pan on a wire rack for about 2 hours
20
Remove side of the pan and transfer to a serving plate
21
Meanwhile, prepare Caramel Apple Topping and Caramel Sauce
22
Spoon topping over cheesecake; drizzle with 1/2 cup Caramel Sauce
23
Reserve 1 cup Caramel Sauce to drizzle over the cheesecake later if you have not served the whole dessert at once
24
For the Caramel Apple Topping: In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the butter; then, add both the sugar and lemon juice
25
Cook, stirring constantly with a long-handled wooden spoon, for 5 to 6 minutes or until mixture turns a light golden brown
26
Add the apple wedges and cook, stirring often, for 15 to 18 additional minutes or until apples are tender and caramelized
27
Remove from heat and let cool for 20 minutes
28
Meanwhile, prepare Caramel Apple Topping and Caramel Sauce
29
Spoon topping over cheesecake; drizzle with 1/2 cup Caramel Sauce
30
Reserve 1 cup Caramel Sauce to drizzle over the cheesecake later if you have not served the whole dessert at once
31
For the Caramel Sauce: In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, bring the brown sugar, butter, whipping cream, and honey to a boil, stirring constantly; then, boil stirring constantly for 2 minutes
32
Remove from heat, stir in the vanilla, and cool 15 minutes before serving
