Autumn Cheesecake With Apples

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 2 (8 ounce) packages philadelphia cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 -4 cups apples, thinly peeled & sliced
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 2 crust: mix crumbs, 1/2 cup pecans, 3 tbls sugar, 1/2 tsp cinnamon & butter.
• 3 press onto bottom of a 9 inch springform pan.
• 4 bake @ 325 f for 10 minutes.
• 5 filling: beat cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar & vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
• 6 add eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition, just until blended.
• 7 pour over crust.
• 8 topping: mix 1/3 cup sugar & 1/2 tsp cinnamon; toss with apples.
• 9 spoon apple mixture over cream cheese layer.
• 10 sprinkle with 1/4 cup pecans.
• 11 bake @ 325 for 1 hour & 10 min to 1 hour & 15 min or until center is almost set. run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake. cool before removing rim of pan.
• 12 refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.