#2106 - Apple Pecan Cheesecake

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 stick butter (melted)
1 1/2 cups + 2 TBSP Domino's dark brown sugar
4 - 8oz. Philadelphia cream cheese (softened)
2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup Breakstone's sour cream
4 eggs
4 cups chopped baking apples (washed, peeled and cored before chopping)
3/4 cup chopped pecans
1 tsp. cinnamon

Grease a 9 x 13 cake pan. In a bowl add graham cracker crumbs, melted butter and 2 TBSP brown sugar--stir to mix. Press the mixture into the bottom of the greased pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 10 minutes. In a mixer add cream cheese--beat. Add vanilla and 1 cup brown sugar--beat. Add eggs--beat. Add sour cream--beat until smooth. Pour the batter into the baked crust. In a bowl add 1/2 cup brown sugar, chopped apples, chopped pecans and cinnamon--stir until mixed. Sprinkle the mixture over the cream cheese batter. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour or until center is almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate overnight.