Apple Cardamom Cheesecake
Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins
Preparation Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 12
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 4 medium cooking apples, peeled and cored (about 2 lb)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup butter
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 4 eggs
Recipe
- 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- 2 for the crust: mix all ingredients together.
- 3 press firmly on bottom and up 1 inch on sides of a 9-inch springform pan.
- 4 set aside for the apples: cut apples into 16ths.
- 5 in a large skillet, combine the apples with the remaining ingredients and cook until apples begin to carmelize, turning often.
- 6 arrange apple slices over bottom of crust.
- 7 for the cheese filling: beat cream cheese until fluffy and then gradually add in sugar, vanilla and lemon peel.
- 8 beat in the eggs one at a time.
- 9 pour over apple slices.
- 10 bake for 60-70 minutes or until lightly browned.
- 11 turn oven off and allow the cheesecake to remain in the oven for about an hour with the door slightly ajar.
- 12 cool in pan.
- 13 once cool, chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
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