Praline Cheesecake

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• FILLING:
• 1-1/2 cups crushed vanilla wafers (about 45 wafers)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 16 whole vanilla wafers
• 3 packages (8 ounces each) Cream Cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• TOPPING:
• 25 caramels
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted

Details

Servings 12
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 75mins
Adapted from tasteofhome.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325°. In a small bowl, mix wafer crumbs and sugar; stir in butter. Press onto bottom of a greased 9-in. springform pan. Arrange whole wafers, rounded sides out, along sides of pan, pressing lightly into crumbs.

In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in sour cream and vanilla. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined. Pour over crust. Place pan on a baking sheet.

Bake 55-60 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes. Loosen sides from pan with a knife. Cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight, covering after completely cooled.

In a microwave, melt caramels with milk; stir until smooth. Remove rim from pan. Drizzle cheesecake with caramel mixture; sprinkle with pecans.

Yield: 12 servings.

1 serving (1 piece) equals 422 calories, 22 g fat (10 g saturated fat), 94 mg cholesterol, 230 mg sodium, 54 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 5 g protein.