Rum-Glazed Apple Cheesecake

* Exported from MasterCook *

RUM-GLAZED APPLE CHEESECAKE

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Serving Size : 14 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cakes Cheesecakes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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CRUST:
1 1/2 c Graham cracker crumbs
3 tb Sugar
1/4 c Butter,melted
FILLING:
2 pk Soft cream cheese(8oz ea)
1/2 c Sugar
2 Eggs
1/2 ts Vanilla
TOPPING:
4 c Peeled, thinly sliced
-McIntosh apples
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1/2 c Sugar
1/2 c Pecans, chopped
GLAZE:
1/3 c Apple jelly
1 tb Rum

Combine crumbs, sugar and butter. Press into bottom of
9 inch springform pan. Bake at 3250 degrees for 10
minutes. Combine cream cheese and sugar, mixing at
medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, one at a
time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in
vanilla; pour over crust. Toss apples with sugar and
cinnamon. Spoon apple mixture over cream cheese;
sprinkle with pecans. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour
and 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Heat apple jelly
and rum together. Spoon over cheesecake; cool. Loosen
cake from rim of pan and remove carefully. Chill
cheesecake in refrigerator before serving.

Recipe by Betty Kruse; as published in the Cedar
Rapids Gazette 19Nov94



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