CARAMEL PRETZEL CHEESECAKE

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This was in the Leader Post. The winner of Kraft's Philly Contest was from Saskatchewan.. so I could not resist...

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Ingredients

  • CARAMEL TOPPING:
  • CRUST
  • 2 cups crushed pretzels
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 3/4 cup melted butter
  • FILLING
  • 4 - 250 gr packages of cream cheese
  • 5 eggs at room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups white sugar
  • 2 tbsp. Butter Shots liquor
  • 1 tbsp. Kahlua
  • PRETZEL TOPPING
  • 2 tbsp. corn starch
  • 2 tbsp. brown sugar
  • 2 cups pretzels
  • 1/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 tbsp. melted butter
  • 1/4 cup caramel sauce
  • CHOCOLATE GANACHE TOPPING:
  • 1 1/4 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup whipping cream
  • WHIPPED CREAM TOPPING:
  • 1 3/4 cups whipping cream
  • 1 1/2 tbsp. instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 cup caramel sauce

Preparation

Step 1

CRUST:

Crush pretzels, add sugar and melted butter. Pat into a 9" spingform pan - up the sides and the bottom.

FILLING:

Cream cheese and butter till smooth. Add egg one at a time - just till mixed in. Add the two liquors. Pour into crust and bake for 60 minutes at 350 degrees.

Remove from pan and let cool to room temperature or refrigerate overnight.

PRETZEL TOPPING

In a frying pan, mix the corn syrup, butter, brown sugar and pretzels. Cook at medium heat till mixture coats the pretzels. Stir while mixture bubbles. Remove from heat once it starts to darken. Spread pretzels on parchment paper and cool. Melt 1/4 cup chocolate chips and drizzle over candied pretzels.

CARAMEL TOPPING

Remove sides of Springform pan. Pour caramel sauce across top of cake
and spread till it is about 2" from the sides

CHOCOLATE GANACHE TOPPING

Bring to boil 1/4 cup whipping cream. Remove from heat and stir in 1 1/4 cups chocolate chips. Cook till it starts to thicken. Pour over cheesecake right to edges and cover caramel sauce.

WHIPPED CREAM TOPPING

Beat whipping cream with pudding mix and salt. Slowly add the caramel sauce slowly and keep beating till thick and holds it shape. Pipe on top of cheesecake with candied pretzels set on top on their sides.




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