Pumpkin Cheesecake With Pecan Praline Topping Food

PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE WITH CARAMELIZED PECAN TOPPING

Steps:

• Stir together the first 3 ingredients. Press crumb mixture into bottom and up sides of an 8-inch springform pan.
• Bake crust at 325° for 8 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
• Beat cream cheese and next 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
• Stir in cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
• Pour mixture into prepared crust.
• Bake at 325° for 40 minutes or until almost set.
• Remove cheesecake from oven; gently run a knife around edge of pan, and release sides.
• Cool completely on a wire rack.
• Cover and chill 8 hours.
• Stir together 3 tablespoons butter, brown sugar, and pecans; spoon over top of cheesecake.
• Broil 3 inches from heat for 3 minutes or until mixture begins to bubble.
• Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
• Store in refrigerator.

PUMPKIN PIE WITH PECAN PRALINE TOPPING

Steps:

• 1. For crust, in a medium bowl whisk together flour,sugar,and salt. Using your fingers ( or a potato masher), quickly work cold, cubed butter into flour mixture (some butter pieces will be the size of oat flakes; some will be the size of peas). Create a well in mixture; pour in cold buttermilk. Using a fork, bring dough together. Try to moisten all the flour bits. Add a bit more buttermilk if necessary (you want mixture to be shaggy and moist but not outwardly wet).
• on a lightly floured work surface dump out dough mixture. Gently knead into a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate for 1 hour.
• On a well floured surface roll crust 1/2 inch thick and about 12 inches in diameter. Transfer to a pie pan. Trim edge almost even with the edge of pan. Fold edges under; crimp with fingers or a fork. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 30 minutes and a max of 3 hours.
• Place rack in center of oven; preheat to 425 degrees F.
• for filling, in a medium saucepan cook pumpkin, sugars, spice and salt over medium heat until mixture begins to bubble. Cook 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently. (Mixture will become fragrant, and some of the water in the pumpkin will cook off.).
• Remove from heat; transfer to a medium bowl. Stir in heavy cream. Stir in eggs and vanilla; whisk until thoroughly combined. Transfer mixture to prepared crust; bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven to 350 degrees F; cook 40-50 minutes more or until pie no longer jiggles in center.
• Meanwhile, for pecan praline topping, in a medium saucepan combine brown sugar, butter, cream and salt over medium-low heat. Bring to a simmer; cook 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla, pecans, and cranberries, if desired. Let rest until pie comes out of oven.
• Remove pie ; cool 30 minutes.
• Check to see that praline topping is still pourable. If it has hardened too much, heat over low heat until pourable. Pour praline mixture over warm pie. Cool completely before serving.

PUMPKIN PRALINE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• In medium bow, stir together all crust ingredients except pecans; press into bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Sprinkle ½ cup pecans over crust. Refrigerate while preparing filling.
• Heat oven to 300 degrees. Place cream cheese in food processor; process until smooth and creamy. Add pumpkin, 1 cup brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg and allspice; pulse to combine. Add eggs two at a time; pulse until well-blended. Add rum; pulse to combine. Cheesecake also can be make with electric mixer. Pour into pan.
• Bake 65 to 75 minutes, or until edges are puffed and top is dry to the touch. Center should move slightly when pan is tapped, but should not ripple as if liquid. Cool on wire rack 1 hour. Refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight.
• Place ½ cup brown sugar and cream in small saucepan; heat over medium heat until sugar dissolves, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 5 minutes or until thickened (you should be able to see bottom of pan when stirring). Topping will thicken more as it cools.
• Remove from heat, stir in ¾ cup pecans. Let stand until cool, 10-15 minutes. Pour over cheesecake, spreading with spatula. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes or until set. Store in refrigerator.

PRALINE PECAN PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• For the topping- In a frying pan over medium heat, melt butter, corn syrup and brown sugar. As it melts, mix in the chopped pecans and cook to coat about 3-5 minutes. Turn off heat and begin filling.
• For the filling- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, white and brown sugar until smooth. Add pumpkin, vanilla, eggs and pie spice and mix until combined, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
• Pre-heat over to 400°F
• Pour filling mixture into pie crust. Carefully crumble pecans and gently add to the top of the pie filling. Cook at 400°F for 10 minutes. Reduce temp to 350°F and continue cooking approx 55 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in refrigerator 4 hours or overnight for best flavor.