jd's apple pie cheesecake log with salted caramel sauce

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• spread:
• 1 large red delicious apple - peeled, cored, and diced
• 1 cup cold water
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• caramel sauce:
• 1 cup white sugar
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, sliced and softened
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream, room temperature
• 3/4 teaspoon sea salt
• pie crust chips:
• 1 pastry for a 9-inch double-crust pie
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/2 cup cinnamon-sugar
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 3 hrs 30 mins


• mix diced apple, cold water, and lemon juice together in a small bowl; soak for 10 minutes. drain.
• stir cream cheese, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice together in a bowl until smooth. fold the diced apple into the cream cheese mixture.
• spoon the cream cheese mixture the center of a sheet of plastic wrap. use the plastic to shape the cheese mixture into a log, wrap the plastic around the log, and refrigerate until set, about 2 hours.
• cook and stir white sugar in a 3-quart saucepan over medium-high heat until melted, smooth, and taking on an amber color, about 10 minutes; add butter and stir quickly with a whisk until the butter is melted, 1 to 2 minutes. immediately remove saucepan from heat. slowly stream heavy cream into the sugar mixture while continually stirring with the whisk to incorporate fully; add sea salt and stir. transfer the caramel sauce to a glass bowl and set aside to cool.
• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• roll out pie pastry on a lightly floured surface to about 1/4-inch thick. cut dough into rectangles about 2 inches long. arrange dough strips the prepared baking sheet. brush the tops of the dough strips with beaten egg. sprinkle cinnamon-sugar over the strips.
• bake dough strips in preheated oven until golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. cool completely.
• spread pecans into a shallow dish. unwrap cheese log and roll in the pecans to coat. place coated log a plate and drizzle caramel sauce evenly over the log. serve with the pie crust chips.