Autumn Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 cups apples, peeled, thinly sliced
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup pecans, chopped

Recipe

• 1 combine crumbs, sugar, cinnamon and margarine, press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
• 2 bake at 350 degrees f., 10 minutes.
• 3 combine cream cheese and sugar, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer, until well blended.
• 4 add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• 5 blend in vanilla, pour over crust.
• 6 toss apples with combined sugar and cinnamon.
• 7 spoon apple mixture over cream cheese layer; sprinkle with pecans.
• 8 bake at 350 degrees f., 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• 9 loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan.
• 10 chill.
• 11 variation:
• 12 add 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans with crumbs for crust.
• 13 continue as directed.