Praline-Sweet Potato Cheesecake

• Praline:
• Cooking spray
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
• 2 teaspoons butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Crust:
• 1 3/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon water
• Filling:
• 2 (15-ounce) cans sweet potatoes in syrup, drained
• 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1 (8-ounce) package 1/3-less-fat cream cheese
• 1 (8-ounce) block fat-free cream cheese
• 1 (8-ounce) container fat-free sour cream
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour (about 1 ounce)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 2 large eggs
• 2 large egg whites

1. To prepare praline, coat a 10-inch sheet of aluminum foil with cooking spray. Place 1/3 cup granulated sugar, 3 tablespoons water, corn syrup, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla in a small, heavy saucepan over medium-high heat; cook until sugar dissolves, stirring as needed to dissolve sugar evenly (about 5 minutes). Continue cooking 5 minutes or until golden. Remove from heat; carefully stir in pecans, 2 teaspoons butter, and salt. Immediately pour onto prepared foil, spreading to a thin layer. Cool completely. Break praline into small pieces. Place in a food processor, and process until coarsely ground.
2. Preheat oven to 350u0b0.
3. To prepare crust, combine cracker crumbs, 3 tablespoons granulated sugar, melted butter, and 1 tablespoon water in a bowl. Toss well with a fork. Press crumb mixture into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350u0b0 for 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
4. Reduce oven temperature to 325u0b0.
5. To prepare filling, place sweet potatoes in food processor; process until smooth. Remove from processor. Combine brown sugar, cheeses, and sour cream in processor; process until smooth. Add pureed sweet potatoes, flour, and the remaining ingredients, and process until smooth. Add one-half of ground praline mixture; pulse 3 times or until blended. Pour filling into crust. Bake at 325u0b0 for 55 minutes. Turn off oven. (Do not remove cheesecake from oven.) Let cheesecake stand in oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven; cool on a wire rack. Cover and chill 3 hours or overnight. Sprinkle top with remaining ground praline mixture before serving.

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Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/praline-sweet-potato-cheesecake (may not work)