Winter’s Best Cheesecake

Crust Ingredients:

 

  • 1 1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 3 1/2 Tbsp. butter, melted
  • 2 Tbsp. golden light brown sugar

Filling Ingredients:

  • 4-8 oz. pkgs. cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 4 eggs, room temperature

Topping Ingredients:

  • 4 cups Michigan Cortland apples chopped and peeled
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1-1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Crust Directions:

Preheat oven to 325º.  Mix crumbs, butter and 2 Tablespoons brown sugar, and press mixture onto bottom of 9? spring form pan.

Filling Directions:

Beat cream cheese, 1 cup of brown sugar, and vanilla together with an electric mixer until well blended. Add sour cream; mix well.  Add eggs, one at a time, until blended.  Pour mixture over crust.

Topping Directions:

For topping, mix 1/2 cup brown sugar, apples, pecans and cinnamon, then gently spoon over the filling.

Bake 55 minutes or until center is almost set.