PHILADELPHIA Caramel-Pecan Cheesecake

PHILADELPHIA Caramel-Pecan Cheesecake recipe

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If you always save room for creamy caramel-topped cheesecake at your favorite restaurant, get this one on your menu at home tonight. All the delectable flavor without the t...read more

time

prep:

15 min

total:

5 hr 30 min

servings

total:

16 servings

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What You Need

NILLA Wafers, finely crushed (about 1-1/2 cups)

cup chopped PLANTERS Pecans, divided

1/4

cup butter, melted

pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

cup sugar

cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream

Tbsp. flour

Tbsp. vanilla

eggs

1/4

cup caramel ice cream topping

Make It

HEAT oven to 325°F.

MIX wafer crumbs, 1/2 cup nuts and butter; press onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan. Refrigerate until ready to use.

BEAT cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add sour cream, flour and vanilla; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.

BAKE 45 min. or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 4 hours. Drizzle with topping; top with remaining nuts. Let stand until topping is firm.

CHINET® and CHINET BAKEWARE® are registered trademarks of Hutamaki, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Easy Cleanup

Line pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides. Use foil handles to lift chilled cheesecake from pan.

Healthy Living

Save 50 calories, 7 g fat including 4 g sat fat per serving by preparing with PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese and BREAKSTONE'S Reduced Fat or KNUDSEN Light Sour Cream.

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Pam1211

posted:2/12/2007

I took it to a bake sale and it was the first thing gone and everyone came back asking for the recipe.

emortiz24

posted:2/12/2007

Everyone whom I have given a piece of this cheesecake has fallen in love with it. They have said is the best cheesecake ever!!!!!!!!!!

a cook

posted:2/12/2007

easy to make and very tasty

DiggerDo1

posted:1/23/2007

does not taste as cheesy as one would expect but was a great dessert

wyobergie

posted:1/22/2007

Awesome cheesecake! And easy, too.

lazerpuppythegreat

posted:1/14/2007

I made this for a christmas dessert and it turned out really good. I found that the caramel was a little difficult to spread, but it still tasted great. I think next time, I will leave the caramel off and use cherries.

kj091005

posted:1/8/2007

I made these cheesecake bars for the dessert bake-off at my work- and I won first place!! Everyone loved them!

Claudia1207

posted:12/30/2006

Oh my gosh!!!! I catered a party for my cousin and I was not sure if dessert would be a good choice. And WOW!, everyone could not stop talking about this cheesecake...It is awesome and I highly recommend that anyone and everyone try it!

BaliHai70

posted:12/27/2006

So easy to make with perfect results. Nice flavor..firm and creamy. I would just add a tad more caramel for topping. It's so much easier to have bars precut and ready to serve, instead of slicing a cake at the table!

a cook

posted:12/25/2006

This was really good - might add a tiny bit more sugar when I make it again.