Orange Cheesecake with Caramel-Orange Sauce
- 11 whole graham crackers, broken
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
- 4 8-ounce packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 6 large eggs
- 3 tablespoons orange liqueur
- 5 teaspoons finely grated orange peel
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Caramel-Orange Sauce
- Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 450F.
- Grind crackers and sugar in processor until fine crumbs form.
- Add butter; process until crumbs are slightly moist.
- Press onto bottom (not sides) of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 1/2-inch-high sides.
- Bake until set, about 12 minutes.
- Transfer to rack; cool completely.
- Maintain oven temperature.
- Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until smooth.
- Add eggs, liqueur, orange peel and vanilla.
- Beat just until blended.
- Pour filling into crust-lined pan.
- Bake cake 15 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 300F.
- Bake until cake is puffed, outer 2-inch edge is set and center moves just slightly when shaken, about 55 minutes longer.
- Transfer cake to rack.
- Run knife around pan sides to loosen; cool.
- Chill cheesecake overnight.
- (Can be made 2 days ahead.
- Cover; keep chilled.)
- Serve with Caramel-Orange Sauce.
graham crackers, sugar, unsalted butter, cream cheese, sugar, eggs, orange liqueur, vanilla, caramelorange sauce
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/orange-cheesecake-with-caramel-orange-sauce-103152 (may not work)