The turtle cheesecake is a unique type of dessert that is a mix of pecans, caramel candies and chocolate. It is one of the most unique desserts you can make at home.
While you’re at it, you may want to make two. Enjoy one yourself and freeze the other as a gift. Cheesecake is a great gift idea.
The first thing that you will need to do is to chop up some pecans. In order to get a proper turtle cheesecake ready you will need to get a cup of chopped pecans ready. Once you get them chopped up you can cook them in an oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. You should cook them for six minutes. Afterwards you’ll need to melt some unsalted butter into a small bowl. You will need six tablespoons worth of butter for the recipe.
Next you will need two cups of crushed vanilla wafers. These wafers should then be mixed in with your melted butter and placed into a nine inch round springform pan. Be sure to put the pan on top of a cookie sheet. Next you can heat the mixture for ten minutes at 350 degrees. It will need to cool off after the ten minutes are over.
Caramel candies are important for the turtle cheesecake. To get them into your turtle cheesecake you will need to melt them. You should use fourteen ounces of these candies. Next you will need to mix the caramel with evaporated milk. You should use five ounces of this material in your recipe. This mixture will be poured into the pan over the crust that was made out of the vanilla wafers and melted butter you used. The pecans will go on top of this.
You will need to mix one pound and eight ounces of cream cheese, three half teaspoons of vanilla extract and half a cup of sugar. For the best results you should use white sugar as the sugar for your recipe.
Two eggs will be needed in the next step. Once the eggs have been mixed in you can melt some chocolate chips. You will need half a cup of these chips in order to make a proper cheesecake.
The entire mixture will need to be poured into the pan and baked at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for forty minutes. Be sure to put the turtle cheesecake in a refrigerator and let it sit overnight. When you are finished you will be able to enjoy a great dessert and serve it to your friends.
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