What’s Cooking: Apple caramel cheesecake
Chef Frankie, of Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace, showed News 12’s Lily Stolzberg how to make an apple caramel cheesecake.
Ingredients:
2 1/3 cups cream cheese
¾ cups + 1 tablespoon sugar
¾ cups + 1 tablespoon sour cream
½ cup + 1 tablespoon liquid whole eggs
2 tablespoons corn starch
Directions:
Prepare the pans. Spray each 7-inch pan with pan spray.
Add the bottom crumb. Weigh 2 oz of crumb into each pan and spread evenly over the bottom.
Fill with cheesecake. Add 20 oz of prepared American cheesecake filling into each pan.
Add the apple filling. Weigh 8 oz of diced apple filling into each pan and distribute evenly.
Swirl the apple filling. Gently swim the apple filling into the cheesecake.
Top with crumb. Weigh 6 oz of top crumb over each cheesecake and spread evenly.
Bake in a water bath at 300F for approximately 40 minutes.
Remove and finish. Flip the cheesecakes out of the pans. Finish with powdered sugar and a 2 oz caramel drizzle.
