Cream Cheese Turtle Cups Food

CREAM CHEESE TURTLE CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place cookie dough in a large bowl; let stand at room temperature 5-10 minutes to soften. Add flour; beat until blended. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place in greased mini-muffin cups. Press evenly onto bottoms and up the sides of cups., Bake 6-8 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Press a deep indentation in center of each with the end of a wooden spoon handle. Bake 8-10 minutes longer or until golden brown. Cool in pans 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., In a small bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy; gradually beat in caramel topping. Fold in chopped pecans. Spoon 2 teaspoons filling into each cup. Drizzle with fudge topping; top with pecan halves. Refrigerate until serving. Freeze option: Freeze undecorated cookies, layered between waxed paper, in freezer containers. To use, thaw in covered containers and decorate as directed.

TURTLE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 300 degrees F.
• Grease 9-inch springform pan.
• COMBINE crumbs and butter in medium bowl.
• Press onto bottom and 1 inch up side of prepared pan.
• BEAT cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk in large mixer bowl until smooth.
• Add sugar, eggs, lime juice and vanilla extract; beat until combined.
• Microwave morsels in medium, microwave-safe bowl on HIGH (100%) power for 1 minute; stir.
• Morsels may retain some of their shape.
• If necessary, microwave at additional 10- to 15-second intervals, stirring just until morsels are melted.
• Stir 2 cups of cheesecake batter into melted morsels; mix well.
• Alternately spoon batters into crust, beginning and ending with yellow batter.
• BAKE for 1 hour 10 to 15 minutes or until edge is set and center moves slightly.
• Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes; run knife around edge of cheesecake.
• Cool completely.
• Drizzle Nesquik™ and caramel syrup over cheesecake.
• Sprinkle with pecans and mini morsels.
• Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
• Remove side of pan.

ULTIMATE TURTLE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Mix crumbs and butter; press onto bottom and 2 inches up side of 9-inch springform pan.
• Place caramels and milk in small microwave bowl. Microwave on High 3 minutes or until caramels are completely melted, stirring after each minute. Pour 1/2 of the caramel mixture into crust. Refrigerate 10 minutes. Set remaining caramel mixture aside for later use.
• Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla with electric mixer on medium until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low after each addition until blended. Pour over caramel mixture in crust.
• If using a silver springform pan, bake at 325°F for 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 10 minutes or until center is almost set. If using a dark non-stick springform pan, bake at 300°F for 1 hour 5 minutes or 1 hour 10 minutes or until center is almost set. Run knife or metal spatula around side of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing side of pan.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Top with remaining caramel mixture and pecans just before serving. Melt chocolate on low in a sauce pan, drizzle over cheesecake.

CREAM CHEESE TURTLE CAKE

Steps:

• For Cake: Preheat oven to 350.
• Butter and flour 13x9x2-inch metal cake pan.
• Sprinkle 1/2 cup almonds and 1/2 cup pecans over bottom of pan.
• Combine cake mix, 1 1/4 cups water, oil, and eggs in large bowl.
• Using electic mixer, beat at low speed until mixture is moistened, about 30 seconds.
• Beat at medium speed 2 minutes.
• Pour batter into pan.
• Melt buttter in medium saucepan over medium-low heat.
• Gradually stir in powdered sugar (mixture will form clumps); stir in cream cheese.
• Whisk until smooth, about 1 miute.
• Pour cream cheese mixture in large ribbons atop cake batter in pan.
• Using knife, swirl mixture into batter (do not overmix).
• Bake cake until tester inserted into center (in cake part only) comes out clean, about 50 minutes (bottom of cake will be very moist).
• Cool cake in pan on rack.
• Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup almonds and 1/2 cup pecans over cake.
• For Icing: Mix sugar and cocoa in medium bowl.
• Bring milk and buter to simmer in heavy medium saucepan.
• Reduce heat to medium-low; add powdered sugar mixture and whisk until melted.
• Add chocolate chips and whisk until smooth.
• Mix in vailla.
• Drizzle warm icing over cake.
• Let stand until set, about 2 hours.
• Drizzle caramel topping over.

CREAM CHEESE TURTLE CAKE

Steps:

• For cake:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour 13x9x2-inch metal cake pan. Sprinkle 1/2 cup almonds and 1/2 cup pecans over bottom of pan. Combine cake mix, 1 1/4 cups water, oil, and eggs in large bowl. Using electric mixer, beat at low speed until mixture is moistened, about 30 seconds. Beat at medium speed 2 minutes. Pour batter into pan.
• Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Gradually stir in powdered sugar (mixture will form clumps); stir in cream cheese. Whisk until smooth, about 1 minute. Pour cream cheese mixture in large ribbons atop cake batter in pan. Using knife, swirl mixture into batter (do not overmix).
• Bake cake until tester inserted into center (in cake part only) comes out clean, about 50 minutes (bottom of cake will be very moist). Cool cake in pan on rack. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup almonds and 1/2 cup pecans over cake.
• For icing:
• Mix sugar and cocoa in medium bowl. Bring milk and butter to simmer in heavy medium saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low; add powdered sugar mixture and whisk until melted. Add chocolate chips and whisk until smooth. Mix in vanilla.
• Drizzle warm icing over cake. Let stand until set, about 2 hours. Drizzle caramel topping over. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; store at room temperature.)