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Butterscotch Caramel Cheesecake

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Ruthanne

Creamy butterscotch cheesecake and a thick layer of caramel sauce over a gingersnap crust . A unique combination of delicious seasonal flavors!!!

Are you ready for Thanksgiving? Have you decided what you’re having for dessert yet–other than the proverbial pumpkin pie? This cheesecake combines three unique fall flavors- ginger, butterscotch and caramel- and it simply melts in your mouth. Wow your guests with an Easybaked cheesecake!!

INGREDIENTS:

Crust:

One bag (13 oz.) of Archway ginger snaps, finely crushed. (approximately 2 cups)
1/4 c. butter

Cheesecake:

2 (8oz.) packages of Philadelphia Cream Cheese (softened)
1/2c. sugar
3 eggs
2 c. butterscotch chips (melted)
1 c. heavy whipping cream
3 tsp. vanilla

Caramel Topping:

32 Kraft caramels (unwrapped)
1/2c. butter
1 can (14oz.) sweetened condensed milk

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees
Crush cookies into fine crumbs and add melted butter. Combine well and press into the bottom of a 9-Inch Springform Pan
Beat softened cream cheese with sugar until smooth.
Add eggs one at a time, beating in between each one.
Add remaining cheesecake ingredients, beating until smooth.
Pour into crust and allow to sit at room temp for 30 minutes.
Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 60 minutes,
Turn off oven, open oven door a little and allow to sit for another 30 minutes.
Remove from oven and run knife around edge of pan. Remove edge of pan.
Allow to come to room temperature (make caramel topping during this time.)

Put caramels, condensed milk and margarine into a saucepan and melt over medium heat, stirring constantly until smooth (6-8 minutes)
Pour caramel over the top of the cooled cheesecake, spreading to edges.
Refrigerate overnight
Remove bottom of pan when cheesecake is thoroughly chilled.
Before serving, pipe whipped cream around edges of cheesecake if desired and sprinkle with a little cocoa powder.

My thoughts: A flavorful creamy cheesecake. I love the gingersnap crust– that adds a lot of the fall spice to this. I ADORE caramel- so there’s a lot of it on this cheesecake. If you want less, simply halve the recipe and be happy!! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends!!!! Enjoy! r~

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Seven Layer Cookie Cups

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Ruthanne

Confession: I’ve never had or made 7 layer bars. But ever since I created the salted caramel cookie cup recipe, my friend Dawn (and her husband Rex!) have been asking me to try a cookie cup filled with 7 layer bar ingredients.

Now that I’ve tried them, I am in love with 7 layer bars. The bars are very easy to make and there are tons of recipes online for them. There are many variations of ingredients, but I made my cups with Dawn’s favorites. The cups are a little more time consuming than plain bars– but very, very fun! The cookie cup holds all the yummy ingredients together and adds a dense sweet layer to the typical bar recipe.

INGREDIENTS:

1 tube of refrigerated sugar cookie dough
1c. of finely crushed graham cracker crumbs
1/2 c. chopped pecans
1c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/4c. butterscotch chips
1c. shredded coconut
1 can of sweetened condensed milk

(yep, thats 7 ingredients!)

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Using clean hands, knead together graham cracker crumbs and cookie dough until all crumbs are incorporated.
Divide dough evenly among 12 (standard size) muffin cups.
Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 14 minutes
Press centers of baked cookies in, forming a cup. I use a mini tart shaper for this and it makes it SO easy- you can use the end of a wooden spoon too, if you want. The inside of the cookies might still be a little undercooked at this point — that is ok!
Layer the remaining dry ingredients in each cookie cup, saving some coconut aside.
Place sweetened condensed milk in a zip top bag, clip a corner and drizzle the condensed milk into each cup over and around all the ingredients. I went to each cup twice, as the liquid seeped down into all the layers there was room for more on top.
Sprinkle top with shredded coconut and place back in the oven at 350 degrees for about 10-15 minutes. Watch for your coconut to brown on top– that is your cue to pull them out!
Cool completely in pan.
Use a small knife to run around edge of each cup and pop it out of pan when cooled.

My thoughts: I love them! You could experiment with ingredient variations to this if you don’t like nuts or coconut for example. I like them as is. Since I’d never had a 7 layer bar, I was depending on Dawn and Rex to judge the taste- they give them a thumbs up! If you want gooey chocolate and coconut then this is YOUR dessert! Enjoy!