Cheesecake with Bourbon Pecan Topping

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Cheesecake with Bourbon Pecan Topping

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 2hrs 30minutes 1hour hr 20minutes minshouminut

Total Time: 2hours 45minutes

Get ready to kick your taste bud to a new dimension with this cheesecake with Bourbon Pecan Topping! The rich flavor of the crunchy graham cracker crust, warm brown sugar cheesecake filling, the caramelized flavor of bourbon, and a gooey pecan pie topping will immediately fill your entire mouth with one bite.

Ingredients

Serving Sizes

Crust

12 ounce Oreos
6 ounce melted butter

Filling

24 ounce cream cheese – room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
3 tbs cornstarch
2 large eggs
2/3 cup heavy cream
1 tbs vanilla
1 1/2 tbs bourbon

Topping

3 large eggs beaten
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
8 tbsp corn syrup dark corn syrup recommended
2 tbsp bourbon
1/2 tbsp vanilla
1/8 tbsp salt
3/4 cup rough chopped pecans (smoked pecans recommended)

Equipment

Z Grills Wood Pellet Grill
Z Grills Apple Wood Pellets

Instructions

- Before You Start
  
  Step 1: Preheat your Z Grills pellet grill to 350 °F.
  
  Step 2: Wrap foil on the bottom and up the sides of a 9” spring-form pan (outside of pan).
  
  Step 3: Butter the bottom & insides of the pan.

- Crust
  
  Step 1: Throw ingredients in a food processor until they are finely ground.
  
  Step 2: Spread in 9” cheesecake pan on bottom & about ½ way upsides.

- Filling
  
  Step 1: Place 8 oz of cream cheese in mixer bowl with 1/3 of sugar & cornstarch.Mix until smooth andcreamy.
  
  Step 2: Add another 8 oz cream cheese andbeat until smooth, then add remaining cream cheese,beating until smooth.
  
  Step 3: Then mix in the rest of the sugar, bourbon & vanilla.
  
  Step 4: Add eggs one at a time beating well after each one.
  
  Step 5: Add the heavy cream and mix just until smooth. Reminder: Do not over mix.
  
  Step 6: Pour batter into the prepared crust.

- Topping
  
  Step 1: Mix all together except pecans.
  
  Step 2: Sprinkle pecans on top of cheesecake batter.
  
  Step 3: Pour topping over cheesecake batter.
  
  Step 4: Place in a pan big enough to hold a spring-form pan. Pour boiling water in the roasting pan to come up about ½ way up the spring-form pan.
  
  Step 5: Bake at 350 °F for 75 minutes until the top just barely jiggles. Carefully take the pan out of water-bath and put on cooling rack.
  
  Step 6: Let cool for 2 hours in pan. After 2 hours put in fridge until totally chilled then serve.