Butter Rum Cheesecake

Total Time: 2 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 11 vanilla sandwich cream cookies, crushed
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 24 ounces cream cheese
• 2/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup dark corn syrup
• 6 tablespoons butter or 6 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 1/4 cup whipping cream
• 5 teaspoons cornstarch
• 4 eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tablespoon dark rum
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, stir together crushed cookies and melted butter until well combined.
• 2 press crumb mixture evenly onto the bottom of a greased 9-inch springform pan.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine cream cheese, brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, whipping cream, and cornstarch.
• 4 beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
• 5 add eggs and egg yolk, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 6 beat in rum and vanilla.
• 7 pour the cream cheese mixture over the crust.
• 8 bake in a preheated 350° oven for 15 minutes.
• 9 decrease temperature to 200° and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until the center no longer looks wet or shiny.
• 10 remove the cake from the oven and run a knife around the inside edge of the pan.
• 11 chill, uncovered, overnight.