Carolyn & Nate's Caramel Apple Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 8 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 38 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 apples, peeled, cored & thinly sliced
• 20 kraft caramels
• 1/2 teaspoon milk
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• whipped cream, and additional melted
• caramel (to garnish) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 crust:.
• 2 combine flour, margarine, sugar and egg yolk. press into the bottom and slightly up the side of a greases 9-inch spring form pan; set aside.
• 3 cheesecake:.
• 4 preheat oven to 325°f
• 5 melt butter in a skillet and saute apples until
• 6 slightly golden. arrange apples on crust.
• 7 combine caramels and milk and melt over low heat or microwave on low power 4
• 8 minutes. drizzle over apples. in a large bowl cream cheese and sugar until
• 9 mixture is light and fluffy. beat in eggs, one at a time, add vanilla.
• 10 pour mixture over apple-caramel mixture and bake for 35-38 minutes.
• 11 cool on
• 12 a wire rack, then chill. garnish with additional caramel sauce and whipped
• 13 cream, if desired. serves 12.