Butter Rum Cheesecake

'Cheesecake Extraordinaire'

• Ready In: 2 hrs 25 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• Vanilla Cookie Crust

• 11  vanilla sandwich cream  cookies, crushed
• 3  tablespoons butter or 3  tablespoons margarine, melted

• Butter Rum Filling

• 24  ounces cream cheese
• 2⁄3 cup dark brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup dark corn syrup
• 6  tablespoons butter or 6  tablespoons margarine, melted
• 1⁄4 cup  whipping cream
• 5  teaspoons cornstarch
• 4  eggs
• 1  egg yolk
• 1  tablespoon dark rum
• 2  teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

1. In a small bowl, stir together crushed cookies and melted butter until well combined.
2. Press crumb mixture evenly onto the bottom of a greased 9-inch springform pan.
3. In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, whipping cream, and cornstarch.
4. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
5. Add eggs and egg yolk, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
6. Beat in rum and vanilla.
7. Pour the cream cheese mixture over the crust.
8. Bake in a preheated 350° oven for 15 minutes.
9. Decrease temperature to 200° and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until the center no longer looks wet or shiny.
10. Remove the cake from the oven and run a knife around the inside edge of the pan.
11. Chill, uncovered, overnight.