Praline Cheesecake
- 1 cup graham wafers
- 12 cup finely chopped pecans
- 13 cup melted butter
- 14 cup brown sugar
- 12 cup chopped pecans
- 14 cup brown sugar
- 14 cup melted butter
- 500 g cream cheese (not light)
- 34 cup brown sugar
- 6 ounces unflavored gelatin
- 14 cup cold water
- 1 cup whipped whipping cream
- 4 ounces melted and cooled semi-sweet chocolate baking squares
- Crust: combine 1 cup graham wafers, 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans, 1/3 cup melted butter and 1/4 cup brown sugar.
- Press into pan (best to use spring pan for easier removal) and set aside.
- Praline mixture: combine 1/2 cup chopped pecans, 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup melted butter.
- Set aside.
- Sprinkle gelatin over cold water and set aside for 5 minutes.
- After 5 minutes, heat gelatin on low until dissolved.
- Set aside.
- Cheese mixture: Cream cream cheese and 3/4 cup brown sugar.
- Whip in dissolved gelatin and fold in whipped whipping cream.
- Set aside 3 cups of cheese mixture.
- Layer remaining over crust and sprinkle with praline mixture.
- Mix chocolate into 2 cups of the remaining cheese mixture and use as next layer.
- Use the last remaining cup of cheese mixture as final leyer and marble into chocolate layer if desired.
- Chill at least 3 hours.
graham wafers, pecans, butter, brown sugar, pecans, brown sugar, butter, cream cheese, brown sugar, unflavored gelatin, cold water, whipped whipping cream, semisweet chocolate baking squares
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/praline-cheesecake-148557 (may not work)