If you need a gluten-free cheesecake, I especially like how the ground pecans enhance the taste of crust when made with gluten-free cookie crumbs. I think it adds some flavor and richness to the crust.
Pecan Caramel Cheesecake
3 pkg 8
oz cream cheese
1 c sugar
1 pkg
gelatin (1 oz)
3 T cold
water
1 c
evaporated milk (8 oz)
2 t
vanilla
1 3/4 c graham cracker crumbs or gluten-free
cookie1
¼ c
finely ground pecans
6 T
butter or margarine, softened
1/3 c
sugar
Caramel
sauce 2
8-10
Pecan halves
Be sure
the cream cheese and butter are at room temperature prior to starting.
Preheat
oven to 325o. Mix graham cracker crumbs, ground pecans, butter
and 1/3 c sugar and press into the bottom and slightly up the sides of a spring
form pan. Set aside while preparing the filling.
Sprinkle
gelatin over water to soften. Set aside. Using an electric mixer,
cream the cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually add sugar and
vanilla. Bring evaporated milk to a soft boil. Remove from heat and
add softened gelatin, stirring until dissolved. Let cool
slightly. Very gradually while mixing constantly, add the milk and
gelatin mixture to the cream cheese mixture. Once fully incorporated, scrap
the sides of bowl to make sure all of the cream cheese is mixed in. Pour
into pan over prepared crust.
Bake at
325o for 1 hour.
Turn oven off. Leave cake in oven and set the door ajar for 1 additional
hour. Chill overnight or 4 hours before serving.
While
cheesecake is chilling, toast pecan halves at 350o for 8-10 minutes in oven. Remove
and cool. Prior to serving, top cheesecake with caramel sauce and toasted
pecan halves.
Serves
8-10
1I use gluten-free
S’moreables Graham Style Crackers and they work great. Depending on how
sensitive you are to eggs, they were noted as may contain eggs. My
husband is not as sensitive as some. He cannot have anything with
egg ingredients but he can have something that may be proceeded on equipment
with items containing egg.
2Check your labels carefully on the
caramel sauce. Several had gluten and or
egg! I used Smucker’s Simple DelightSalted Caramel Topping. This topping
had, well, simple ingredients. If you are allergic to gluten, it does
have vanilla extract and does not specify that it is gluten
free. So, if you are fairly sensitive,
you may want to check with the manufacture or try a different brand.
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