Caramel pecan cheesecake
Ingredients
Pie crust:
keto candy girl shortbread cookie mix
Cheesecake:
-2lbs cream cheese
-1 tsp vanilla extract
-1 cup sugar
-4 eggs-
2 tsp lemon juice
-1/2 cup sour cream
Caramel pecans:
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup heavy cream
6 tbsp salted butter
3/4 cup chopped pecans
Instructions:
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Follow instructions according to @ketocandygirl shortbread
- In a spring form pan, build you shortbread crust evenly on the bottom of the pan and set aside
- For cheesecake use a hand mixer/stand mixer and mix cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, lemon juice and sour cream together until smooth
- Add in egg one by one and continue to mix
- Pour mixture on top of crust and with a water bath, bake for an hour and 15 mins
- Let cool (or refrigerate over night)
Caramel pecan instruction:
- Brown butter at medium
- Once butter is browned and starts to boil add in heavy cream and sugar
- Mix for a few seconds just to combine
- Let mixture come to a boil and tilt pan to make sure mixture doesn’t stick to the bottom
- Continue to let it simmer to low heat until it thickens up (it will thicken more when it’s off the heat)
- Add in pecans and mix
- Pour caramel pecan on top of cheesecake and let it set
- Enjoy