Maple Praline Cheesecake Recipes

Steps:

• Base: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 9 inch springform pan.
• In a food processor whirl flour, brown sugar and butter.
• Add pecans and pulse just until blended.
• Press into the bottom of the pan and bake for 10 minutes.
• Cool on a rack.
• Cake: Beat cream cheese with the sugar and flour until smooth.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time along with the sour cream.
• Mix in the maple syrup.
• Stir in the pecans until evenly mixed.
• Pour over the base and with the back of a spoon smooth out the top.
• Bake on the center rack until center is almost set and the cake on the outside is firm, about 50 minutes.
• Turn off the oven and let the cake stand for 2 hours-in the oven please.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat combine the corn syrup, brown sugar, pecan halves and butter.
• Bring to a boil, uncovered, and boil vigorously until a soft ball will form in cold water, around 4 minutes.
• Let cool until just warm and should be very thick but still pourable.
• If not add 1 T.
• of water and whisk in.
• Pour over the top of cheesecake and place in the refrigerator for 4 hours to overnight.
• Before serving loosen the sides of the pan and remove the ring.

Steps:

• In a heavy 1-qt. saucepan, combine sugar, cream and syrup. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture boils. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook, uncovered, until a candy thermometer reads 234° (soft-ball stage), stirring occasionally., Remove from the heat. Add butter; do not stir. Cool, without stirring, to 160°. Stir in pecans. Beat vigorously with a wooden spoon until mixture just begins to thicken but is still glossy. Quickly drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper. Cool. Store in an airtight container.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, mix the graham-cracker crumbs with 2 tablespoons of the sugar and stir with a fork to combine. Grease the sides of a 9-inch springform pan and sprinkle it with the cracker mixture, shaking any excess back into the bowl. Add the melted butter to the bowl and toss with a fork until the butter has moistened the crumb mixture. Scatter the crumbs evenly over the pan bottom and press into it using the bottom of a straight-sided glass. Bake for 10 minutes and let cool. Raise the heat in the oven to 500 degrees.
• With an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until it is soft and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Mix the flour with the remaining sugar and add it and half the maple syrup to the cheese in thirds, mixing after each addition. Add the eggs and the yolks to the batter one by one, beating after each addition. Add the heavy cream and mix again. Pour the batter into the crust and bake for 15 minutes. Lower the oven to 200 degrees and bake for an hour more. Turn off the oven, leave the door halfway open and let the cheesecake cool in the oven for a half-hour. Chill in the refrigerator for 4 hours and not more than 24.
• When ready to serve, heat the remaining maple syrup over low heat in a small saucepan until it bubbles and let simmer gently for 1 minute, until it has thickened slightly. Whisk in the cornstarch and turn off the flame. Add the walnuts and turn to coat. Spread them out on a piece of parchment paper to cool and harden into praline, then sprinkle over the cheesecake.