[Sca-cooks] cheesecake recipe- was oop -pumpkin pie

[Alexa]

Nope, don't mind sharing at all.  

Taken from Christmas with Southern Living 2005
page 146

Toasted Coconut-Eggnog Cheesecake

1 1/4 cups sweetened flaked coconut
12 vanilla cream sandwich cookies, broken into pieces
(recommended Vienna Fingers)
1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
4 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup eggnog
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 tablespoons dark rum
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Garnishes: sweetened whipped cream, ground cinnamon,
toasted coconut

Bake 1 1/4 cups coconut in a shallow pan at 350F,
stirring occasionally,  8 to 9 min. or until toasted. 
Reserve 1/4 cup for garnish.
Process cookies and pecans in a food processor until
cookies are finely crushed.  Add butter; pulse until
crumbs are moistened.  Add 1 cup toasted coconut;
pulse just until combined.  Press crumb mixture into
bottom and 1 inch up sides of 9 inch springform pan.  
Bake at 350F for 10 min.; let cool.  Reduce oven temp
to 325F.
Meanwhile, beat cream cheese at medium speed with an
electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar,
beating well.  Add eggnog and next 4 ingredients,
beating just until combined.  Add eggs, 1 at a time,
beating just until yellow disappears.  Stir in
vanilla.  (Do not overbeat.)  Pour batter into baked
crust. 
Bake at 325F for 55 minuts or until set.  Remove from
oven, and immediately run a knife around edge of pan,
releasing sides. 
Cool completely in pan on wire rack.  Cover and chill
8 hours.  Garnish, if desired with toasted coconut,
whipped cream and ground cinnamon. 
Yield: 10 to 12 servings.

The recipe says any rum can be substituted for the
dark rum- we used Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum-Silver. 

Enjoy
Alexa


--- Mairi Ceilidh <jjterlouw at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Don't suppose you'd care to share the cheesecake
> recipe?  Please???
> 
> Mairi Ceilidh
> 
> 
> 
> 


		
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