Title: Olive Garden Apple Praline Cheesecake
Category: Dessert
Cuisine: Olive Garden
CRUST-Melt butter. Stir in the crumbs and sugar until thoroughly blended.
Press into the bottom of a 9" springform pan. Set aside.
APPLE MIX-In a Dutch oven, melt butter over low heat, add brown sugar,
apples, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice. Simmer over low heat until apples are soft, but
still hold their shape.
Cool mixture to room temperature and reserve.
TOPPING-In a small bowl, mix all ingredients together with a fork until well
incorporated. Reserve.
CHEESECAKE-In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream together sugar and cream
cheese on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time until
smooth. Add the cream and continue beating until the mixture is thick and creamy.
Gently stir in the cooled apple mix by hand. Pour into the prepared spring form pan.
Spread praline topping over the top. Bake at 350~ for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Allow to
cool to room temperature before removing the sides of the pan. Refrigerate until ready
to serve. Garnish with whipped cream.