Say cheese! Meet your new personalized cheesecake recipe:
Creamy Pecan Delight Cheesecake
Shortbread Crust Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 cups of shortbread cookies, crushed
- 3 tablespoons of unsalted butter, melted
Pecan Filling Ingredients:
- 16 oz of Norman's Kosher Cholov Yisroel Cream Cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup of granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup of pecans, chopped
Vanilla Bean Frappuccino Topping Ingredients:
- 1 cup of sour cream
- 1/2 cup of granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons of instant coffee granules
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla bean paste
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- Mix crushed shortbread cookies with melted butter and press it into a 9-inch springform pan.
- Bake the crust for 10 minutes and then let it cool on a wire rack.
- For the cheesecake filling, beat Norman's Kosher Cholov Yisroel Cream Cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract with a mixer until smooth.
- Add eggs one at a time and beat until well combined.
- Stir in the chopped pecans and pour the mixture over the shortbread crust.
- Bake the cheesecake for 45-50 minutes or until the center is almost set.
- Mix the sour cream, sugar, instant coffee granules, and vanilla bean paste in a bowl.
- Spread the mixture over the cheesecake and bake it for another 10 minutes.
- Turn off the oven and let it cool in the oven with the door open for 30 minutes.
- Refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving.