Brown Sugar Cheesecake with Bourbon Butterscotch Sauce
- 1/3 cup pecans
- 16 thin chocolate wafer cookies
- four 5- by 2 1/2-inch graham crackers
- 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- three 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
- 4 large eggs
- 3 tablespoons bourbon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
- a 16-ounce container of sour cream
- 2 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Accompaniment:bourbon butterscotch sauce
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- In a baking pan toast pecans in one layer in middle of oven until golden, about 10 minutes, and cool.
- In a food processor finely grind pecans, wafers, and graham crackers.
- Add brown sugar, butter, and salt and pulse until combined well.
- Transfer mixture to a 9 1/2-inch springform pan and press evenly onto bottom and 1 1/2 inches upside.
- In a bowl with an electric mixer beat cream cheese until fluffy and add eggs, 1 at a time, beating at low speed until just combined.
- Beat in bourbon, vanilla, and brown sugar until just combined.
- Pour filling into crust and put springform pan in a baking pan.
- Bake cake in middle of oven for 35 minutes.
- Leaving oven on, transfer cake in springform pan to a rack and let stand 5 minutes.
- (Center of cake will set as it cools.)
- In a bowl stir together sour cream, brown sugar, and vanilla.
- Drop spoonfuls of topping around edge of cake and spread gently over center, smoothing evenly.
- Bake cake in baking pan in middle of oven 10 minutes and cool completely in springform pan on rack.
- Chill cake, covered, at least 8 hours and up to 4 days.
- Run a thin knife around inside edge of pan and remove side of pan.
- Transfer cake to a serving plate and let stand at room temperature 30 minutes.
- Serve cake with sauce.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/brown-sugar-cheesecake-with-bourbon-butterscotch-sauce-14924 (may not work)