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Apple Turtle Cheese Cake
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Servings: 1
Categories:
Cheesecakes
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Chocolate
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Desserts
Ingredients:
-----NUT CRUMB CRUST-----
3/4
cup
Chocolate graham cracker crumbs 3/4
cup
Graham cracker crumbs 1/4
cup
Sugar 1/2
cup
Fine chopped nuts,
pecans, walnuts, and/or almonds
1/4
cup
Melted butter 24
ounces
Cream cheese,
softened
1
cup
Sugar 2
Egg 2
teaspoons
Vanilla 1
cup
Sour cream 2/3
cup
Sugar 1
teaspoon
Cinnamon 2
dashes
Nutmeg 2
tablespoons
Flour 2
cups
Peeled/sliced tart apples 14
Candies 1
tablespoon
Water 1/3
cup
Salted nuts (pecans/-cashews/almonds) chopped 1/3
cup
Chocolate chips 1
teaspoon
Solid shortening
Rollo candies
Directions:
1.
CRUST: In a bowl, mix together the crumbs, nuts and sugar. Stir in the melted butter until well blended. Pat into a 9 inch springform pan.
2.
For cheese cake: Beat the cream cheese and sugar. Blend in eggs, vanilla and sour cream. For filling: Combine sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and flour. Toss with apples. Pour half in concentric circles over cream cheese layer. Pour half of the remaining cream cheese over apples, arrange remaining 1 cup apples over cheese layer and top with remaining cream cheese mixture. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 1 hour or until cake tester or toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Allow cheese cake to cool at room temperature for at least 1 hour. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or preferably overnight until it is completely cold. Arrange nuts on top of cheese cake. Heat caramels and water in a pan or microwave oven. Stir periodically until well blended, no more than 2 minutes. Cool and drizzle over top. Decorate with rollos.
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