CARAMEL MACCHIATO CHEESECAKE WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

By stepjo7269

Southern Living magazine October 2006 p. 118.

Ingredients

• Preparation:
• 1 3/4 1 3/4 27 cups crushed crisp, sweet cookies (about 27 cookies)
• 1/4 1/4 1/4 cup butter, melted
• PAM Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
• 4 4 4 (8-oz.) packages PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
• 1 1 1 cup DOMINO Granulated Sugar
• 2 2 2 tablespoons heavy cream
• 1 1/4 1 1/4 1/4 teaspoons instant espresso
• Caramel Sauce, divided
• 4 4 4 large eggs
• Garnishes: Caramel Sauce, whipped cream, dark chocolate curls
• 1 1. 9-inch Stir together crushed cookies and butter; press mixture on bottom and up sides of a 9-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray.
• 2 2. 350° 10 to 325°. for 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Reduce oven temperature to 325°.
• 4 4. 325° 1 to 6 for 1 hour or until center is almost set. Remove cheesecake from oven; gently run a knife around edge of cheesecake to loosen from sides of pan. (Do not remove sides of pan.) Cool completely on a wire rack. Cover and chill 6 hours.
• 5 5. 5. Release and remove sides of pan from cheesecake. Garnish, if desired, and serve with remaining Caramel Sauce.
• Caramel Sauce:
• 1/4 1/4 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 1 1/3 1 1/3 1/3 cups DOMINO Granulated Sugar
• 1 1/4 1 1/4 1/4 cups warm water, divided
• 1 1 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 2 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 2 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Preparation:
• 1 1. 1 3 corn syrup, sugar, and 1 cup warm water in a medium saucepan over high heat, stirring constantly, 3 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Using a pastry brush dipped in water, brush down any sugar crystals on sides of pan.
• 2 2. to to 23 1/4 boil; reduce heat to medium, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 23 minutes or until mixture turns pale amber. Remove pan from heat, and carefully stir in remaining 1/4 cup warm water. Stir in cream, butter, and vanilla.
• 3 3. 5 to 6 220° to 222°. 5 to 6 minutes or until sauce thickens and a candy thermometer registers 220° to 222°.

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

Note: For testing purposes only, we used Pepperidge Farm Bordeaux cookies.