Salted Caramel Cheesecake

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg yolk, large
  • 2 Eggs, whole large

• Condiments

  • 2 1/4 cup Caramel sauce

• Baking & Spices

  • 2/3 cup Brown sugar
  • 1 Fleur de sel
  • 2 1/2 cup Flour
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1 1/2 cup Macadamia nut

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Butter
  • 2 lbs Cream cheese

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Description

Ingredients

• 1/2 C butter
• 1/3 C brown sugar
• 1 1/4 C flour
• 3/4 C finely chopped macadamia nuts
• 1/2 C butter
• 1/3 C brown sugar
• 1 1/4 C flour
• 3/4 C finely chopped macadamia nuts
• 2 lbs cream cheese softened
• 1/2 C sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 C caramel sauce
• 2 whole large eggs (room temp)
• 1 large egg yolk (room temp)
• 1 1/4 C caramel sauce
• fleur de sel

Directions

• preheat the oven to 350F,
• In your mixer beat the butter until fluffy
• Add brown sugar and mix well,
• Add flour and mix until a dough forms
• Mix in the nuts
• Spread into 10 inch cheesecake pan, poke holes
• Bake 18 mins
• Let cool.
• Reduce oven to 300 and place baking dish full of hot water on the bottom rack to create moisture (leave this in while baking).
• Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on med until light and fluffy, about 30-60 sec.
• While beating on low add the caramel sauce
• Scrape the bowl, beat 45 sec more - make sure its smooth with no chunks.
• Lightly whisk the eggs and yolks together and add to cream cheese mixture
• Mix on low speed until they are incorporated and the batter is velvety, about 30 sec, scrape the bowl and mix 10 sec more - do NOT overbeat.
• Pour the filling over crust, bake on the center rack about 1 hour +.
• how to tell cheesecake is done - When you open the rack and shift the pan the center 3-4 inches will jiggle - not like soup, like a loose jello jigglers.
• Turn the oven off and crack open the door and let the cake cool then refrigerate overnight.
• The next day pour the rest of the caramel over the top of the cake
• Sprinkle the fleur de sel over the top of the cheesecake, as much or as little (Im all for MORE is better)