Recipe - Florida Bay Snickers Cheesecake

1 9" Unbaked pie shell
1 One half pound Cream cheese, cubed
1 One fourth cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
3 Eggs, divided
6 Snickers candy bars, reg sz
2 ounce Caramels
1 tablespoon Whipping cream
2 ounce Semisweet chocolate morsels
3 tablespoon Whipping cream
Peanuts, chopped for garnish

Using a 9" pie shell, remove fluted rim (reserve for another use) and place
pie shell in bottom of 9" springform pan. Bake in 350~F oven until golden
brown. Allow pan to cool, grease sides of pan; set aside. In a mixing bowl,
place cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and 1 egg. With flat beater, mix until
smooth. Scrape down sides of bowl with spatula and add 2 eggs. Mix until
smooth and completely blended. Cut each Snickers candy bars lengthwise
once, then cut crosswise into 14 to 16 pieces. Fold Snickers chunks into
cream cheese batter with rubber spatula. Pour batter into prepared crust in
springform pan. Bake in 275~F oven for 2 hours. cool completely in
refrigerator. Remove from springform pan and place on service plate. Melt
caramels with 1 Tb whipping cream in microwave oven. Remove from microwave
and blend completely with whisk. Spread caramel on top of cheesecake to
within 1" of edge. Melt semisweet chocolate morsels with 3 Tb of whipping
cream in microwave oven for 30 seconds on high setting. Remove from
microwave, blend completely with whisk. Spread on top of cheesecake over
caramel to 1/2" of edge. Sprinkle top of cheesecake with chopped peanuts.

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #653 by Nancy Berry nlberry@prodigy.net on
Jul 01, 1997