Brown Sugar Pecan Pie Cheesecake

By brownbox

Ingredients

• Crust: 1 1/2 C. graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 C. finely chopped pecans
• 5 Tbs. brown sugar
• 1 stick butter, melted
• Filling: 32 oz. cream cheese
• 1 C. brown sugar
• 1/4 C. cornstarch
• 1 C. sour cream
• 6 eggs, 1 egg yolk
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• Topping: 1 1/2 C. chopped pecans
• 3 eggs
• I jar caramel sauce

Preparation

Step 1

Press crust into springform pan, bake 10 minutes
Mix cream cheese, brown sugar and cornstarch until smooth, scraping bowl. Add sour cream mix on low, add eggs one at a time, scraping bowl often. Mix in vanilla.
Topping:
Sprinkle chopped pecans over the top of the cheesecake in an even layer. In a large bowl whisk the 3 eggs and then whisk in caramel. Pour over pecans on top of cake batter.
Bake *350 for 15 minutes, lower temp to *200 and continue baking for 1 hour and 10 minutes.