Apple Cardamom Cheesecake
photo by Boomette
- Ready In:
- 1hr 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
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Crust
- 1 1⁄2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 3⁄4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1⁄3 cup butter, melted
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Glazed Apples
- 4 medium cooking apples, peeled and cored (about 2 lb)
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 3⁄4 teaspoon ground cardamom
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Cheese Filling
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 2⁄3 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 4 eggs
directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- For the crust: Mix all ingredients together.
- Press firmly on bottom and up 1 inch on sides of a 9-inch springform pan.
- Set aside For the apples: Cut apples into 16ths.
- In a large skillet, combine the apples with the remaining ingredients and cook until apples begin to carmelize, turning often.
- Arrange apple slices over bottom of crust.
- For the cheese filling: Beat cream cheese until fluffy and then gradually add in sugar, vanilla and lemon peel.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time.
- Pour over apple slices.
- Bake for 60-70 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Turn oven off and allow the cheesecake to remain in the oven for about an hour with the door slightly ajar.
- Cool in pan.
- Once cool, chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
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Reviews
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I wanted to make something special for my sister and her DH and decided to make this. The crust went together easily and the recipe was easy to make and assemble. I loved the cheesecake filling with the apples and the taste of cardamon is one of my favorites, so this was a real good choice for me. It was really really delicious and both my sister and her DH gave it 5+ stars, so you know it's a winner! Thank you for sharing your recipe with us! Linda
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Yummy cheese cake,This goes together fairly easy. We love the flavor of cardamon, so next time I will use 1 teaspoon cardamom. I used Splenda in the crust and also in the filling(Dh is a diabetic so this really cut down on the sugar), worked great. Other than the splenda I made it as stated and will be making it again GREAT dessert with apples in season. Thank you Kim, for the recipe.
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Delicious, time consuming but worth every second! This combines all my favorites -- apples, cardamom and cheesecake. I had to make one small change by using only 1 cup of graham cracker crumbs and 1/2 cup of flour (to make up the difference) due to running out, but the crust still came out fine. Thanks for sharing this perfect fall dessert!
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