Turtle Cheesecake

🧂 Ingredients

• 6 graham crackers

  or 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
• ½ cup butter

  melted
• ¼ cup sugar
• ⅓ cup pecan

  chopped in pieces
• 3 8 oz. cream cheese
• 1 ½ cup sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 16 oz sour cream
• 1 cup chocolate chips

  I like to use mini chips
• 1 cup pecan

  chopped in pieces
• ½ cup caramel

  use bits or chop into pieces
• 2 tablespoon milk

Instructions

• 1 Preheat your oven to 350°F
• 2 Pulse the graham crackers in a food processor until they become a fine crumb.
  Alternatively, you can place the graham crackers in a plastic bag and crush them
  with a rolling pin.
• 3 Combine the graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, sugar, and pecan pieces in a
  bowl and mix until everything is well combined.
• 4 Press the mixture into the bottom of a 10-inch springform pan, making sure to
  also press the mixture halfway up the sides of the pan.
• 5 Bake the crust in the oven for 10 minutes.
• 6 While the crust is baking, use a mixer to beat the cream cheese until it becomes
  completely smooth.
• 7 Add the sugar to the cream cheese and mix well.
• 8 With the mixer on low speed, add one egg at a time to the cream cheese mixture,
  making sure to mix well after each addition.
• 9 Add the vanilla, lemon juice, cornstarch, and sour cream to the mixture and mix
  well until everything is completely smooth.
• 10 Pour the filling into the prepared crust and spread it evenly.
• 11 Bake the cheesecake in the oven for 1 hour.
• 12 After the cheesecake has been baking for 1 hour, melt the caramel pieces in the
  microwave until completely melted. Add the milk to the melted caramel and stir
  until it is well combined.
• 13 Drizzle the caramel over the cheesecake while it is still in the oven.
• 14 Sprinkle the chocolate chips and pecan pieces over the top of the cheesecake.
• 15 Turn off the oven and let the cheesecake sit in the hot oven for another 10
  minutes until the chocolate is melted.
• 16 Remove the cheesecake from the oven and let it sit until it comes to room
  temperature.
• 17 Move the cheesecake to the refrigerator and chill it overnight.
• 18 Enjoy your delicious turtle cheesecake!

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