Maple Pecan Cheesecake Eh!

photo by TasteTester

- Ready In:
- 2hrs 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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12-18
ingredients
- 24 vanilla cream-filled sandwich style cookies, crushed
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 24 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 3⁄4 cup sugar, light brown
- 1⁄3 cup maple syrup, good quality (not artificial)
- 5 teaspoons cornstarch
- 3 eggs, jumbo, fresh
- 1 egg yolk, fresh
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, pure
- 2⁄3 cup pecans, roasted, chopped
- 1 cup whipping cream, garnish (optional)
- 1⁄8 cup ground pecans, garnish (optional)
directions
- Vanilla Cookie Crust.
- In a small bowl, stir the crushed cookies and melted butter till well combined.
- Press the crumb mixture evenly over the bottom of a greased 9" springform pan.
- Put aside until needed.
- Maple Pecan Filling.
- In a large bowl combine, cream cheese, sugar, syrup and cornstarch.
- Using an electric mixer, beat until smooth.
- Add eggs and yolk, one at a time, mixing well.
- Next beat in vanilla extract, add the pecans, stir and pour into prepared 9" springform pan.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 15 minutes.
- Lower the temperature to 225 degrees and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. (Or until the center of the cake no longer looks wet or shiny).
- Remove the cake from the oven and run a knife around the inside edge of the pan. Turn the oven off and return the cake to the oven for an additional hour.
- Chill the cake, in the fridge, uncovered, overnight.
- Serve with whipped cream garnished with a sprinkling of ground pecans.
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Reviews
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This is SO good. I received a little jug of real Vermont maple syrup for Christmas and I've been trying it in different recipes. It made a perfect cheesecake with this recipe. My DS loved the crust (the cookies really made it moist), and I liked the balance of cream cheese and syrup. Not too much syrup to overpower the cheesecake flavor, but enough that you could really taste it. I have a note to make this for one of our Thanksgiving desserts -- with all the seasonal fall squashes and other dishes we have then, I think it will go perfectly!
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