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Shannon023
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Bacon Chocolate Caramel Cheesecake
![ZfTw8xWf13c213132343736323FEvfehL8_1292538087.jpg](http://content0.tastebook.com/content/photo/user_photo/ZfTw8xWf13c213132343736323FEvfehL8_1292538087.jpg)
* Crust:
* 2 cups Low-Fat Graham Cracker Crumbs (cookie must be low-fat to avoid soggy crust)
* 2 Tbs. Butter, melted
* 2 Tbs. Sugar
* 1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
* 1/2 cup extra-crispy Bacon Crumbles
* 1/2 cup ground Almonds
* Cheesecake:
* 24 oz. Cream Cheese, room temperature
* 1/2 cup Sugar
* 3 Large Eggs
* 1 cup Heavy Cream
* 1 Tbs. Lemon Juice
* 1 Tbs. Vanilla Extract
* 1 Tbs. Bourbon
* Bacon Turtle Topping:
* 1 cup Sugar
* 1 Tbs. water
* 3 Tbs. cold Bacon Fat (drained and chilled until solid after cooking the bacon)
* 1 Tbs. Butter
* 1/2 cup Heavy Cream
* 1/2 package of Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
* 1/3 cup extra-crispy Bacon Crumbles
directions
Cheesecake
* 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Begin to boil a large pot of water for the water bath.
* 2
Mix together the crust ingredients and press into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan. (Use enough of the crust ingredients to make the crust 1/4 inch deep)
* 3
Tap your crust with an empty drinking glass for an even texture. It should be fairly dry...the bacon will render some fat into the crust as it bakes, and anything else will result in the dreaded soggy-crust.
* 4
Cover and store the extra crust crumbs in the refrigerator.
* 5
Combine cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl and cream together with a hand mixer until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, fully incorporating each before adding the next. Scrape down the bowl in between each egg. Add heavy cream, vanilla, lemon juice, and alcohol and blend until smooth and creamy.
* 6
Pour batter into prepared crust and tap the pan on the counter to remove air bubbles. If using a springform pan, place the pan into the center of the oven, and place 3 smaller cake pans around and under the cheesecake. Fill the empty cake pans with boiling water. (OK, OK, or use a true water bath. Hate, hate water baths.) If using a foil baking dish, insert into a larger cake pan and fill the outside, empty pan with boiling water.
* 7
Bake 45 to 55 minutes. The edges will be set, but the center will have alot of jiggle to it and will appear uncooked. Carefully run a knife around the edges to release the cake and avoid cracking. Without removing the cake, close the oven door and turn it off; let the cake rest for one hour. Remove it, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
* 8
After the cheesecake has cooled overnight, remove it from the springform pan, press the remaining crust crumbs into the sides of the cheesecake, and place on your serving plate.
Bacon Caramel Sauce
* 1
Stir together sugar and 1 tablespoon water in a shallow sauce pan. It should be dry and crumbly. Cook the sugar/water over medium-high heat. Gently stir the grainy sugar mixture into the sugar that is melting in the center of the pan.
* 2
Shake the pan rather than stirring after all the sugar has melted, and bring to a boil. Let boil until amber in color.
* 3
Remove from heat and stir in cream. Let the sauce thicken for 20 minutes, then pour over the top of your cheesecake, letting some pool in the middle.
Bacon Caramel Drizzle
* 1
Microwave the chocolate chips in a medium-sized bowl for 1 minute. Stir. Microwave for 30 seconds, and stir until all of the chips are melted. If some pieces remain, microwave for another 30 seconds and stir.
* 2
Carefully fill a piping bag with the melted chocolate and decorate your cake. Sprinkle the bacon pieces onto the chocolate immediately. The chocolate will harden into a bacon-candy shell once cooled.
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Do not resuscitate please.
![ZfTw8xWf13c213132343736323FEvfehL8_1292538087.jpg](http://content0.tastebook.com/content/photo/user_photo/ZfTw8xWf13c213132343736323FEvfehL8_1292538087.jpg)
* Crust:
* 2 cups Low-Fat Graham Cracker Crumbs (cookie must be low-fat to avoid soggy crust)
* 2 Tbs. Butter, melted
* 2 Tbs. Sugar
* 1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
* 1/2 cup extra-crispy Bacon Crumbles
* 1/2 cup ground Almonds
* Cheesecake:
* 24 oz. Cream Cheese, room temperature
* 1/2 cup Sugar
* 3 Large Eggs
* 1 cup Heavy Cream
* 1 Tbs. Lemon Juice
* 1 Tbs. Vanilla Extract
* 1 Tbs. Bourbon
* Bacon Turtle Topping:
* 1 cup Sugar
* 1 Tbs. water
* 3 Tbs. cold Bacon Fat (drained and chilled until solid after cooking the bacon)
* 1 Tbs. Butter
* 1/2 cup Heavy Cream
* 1/2 package of Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
* 1/3 cup extra-crispy Bacon Crumbles
directions
Cheesecake
* 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Begin to boil a large pot of water for the water bath.
* 2
Mix together the crust ingredients and press into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan. (Use enough of the crust ingredients to make the crust 1/4 inch deep)
* 3
Tap your crust with an empty drinking glass for an even texture. It should be fairly dry...the bacon will render some fat into the crust as it bakes, and anything else will result in the dreaded soggy-crust.
* 4
Cover and store the extra crust crumbs in the refrigerator.
* 5
Combine cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl and cream together with a hand mixer until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, fully incorporating each before adding the next. Scrape down the bowl in between each egg. Add heavy cream, vanilla, lemon juice, and alcohol and blend until smooth and creamy.
* 6
Pour batter into prepared crust and tap the pan on the counter to remove air bubbles. If using a springform pan, place the pan into the center of the oven, and place 3 smaller cake pans around and under the cheesecake. Fill the empty cake pans with boiling water. (OK, OK, or use a true water bath. Hate, hate water baths.) If using a foil baking dish, insert into a larger cake pan and fill the outside, empty pan with boiling water.
* 7
Bake 45 to 55 minutes. The edges will be set, but the center will have alot of jiggle to it and will appear uncooked. Carefully run a knife around the edges to release the cake and avoid cracking. Without removing the cake, close the oven door and turn it off; let the cake rest for one hour. Remove it, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
* 8
After the cheesecake has cooled overnight, remove it from the springform pan, press the remaining crust crumbs into the sides of the cheesecake, and place on your serving plate.
Bacon Caramel Sauce
* 1
Stir together sugar and 1 tablespoon water in a shallow sauce pan. It should be dry and crumbly. Cook the sugar/water over medium-high heat. Gently stir the grainy sugar mixture into the sugar that is melting in the center of the pan.
* 2
Shake the pan rather than stirring after all the sugar has melted, and bring to a boil. Let boil until amber in color.
* 3
Remove from heat and stir in cream. Let the sauce thicken for 20 minutes, then pour over the top of your cheesecake, letting some pool in the middle.
Bacon Caramel Drizzle
* 1
Microwave the chocolate chips in a medium-sized bowl for 1 minute. Stir. Microwave for 30 seconds, and stir until all of the chips are melted. If some pieces remain, microwave for another 30 seconds and stir.
* 2
Carefully fill a piping bag with the melted chocolate and decorate your cake. Sprinkle the bacon pieces onto the chocolate immediately. The chocolate will harden into a bacon-candy shell once cooled.
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Do not resuscitate please.
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That's an excellent way to go.0
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OMFG! That is the best way to go...only way to top it now would be to eat that while having sex then that would be having your cake, eating it to, coming and going at the same time... talk about the perfect way to DIE!!!!:bigsmile:0
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Put down the fork, I will save you...... and give me that! It's a sacarfice I'm willing to make, my life for yours.
You're welcome :bigsmile:0 -
Oh hell...the fact that I've been craving cheesecake AND it has bacon...0
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Put down the fork, I will save you...... and give me that! It's a sacarfice I'm willing to make, my life for yours.
You're welcome :bigsmile:
yes, Shannon, fesse and i will help save you *grabs more forks*0 -
Your *kitten* is crazy for real!!! ROTLMAO!!!!!!!!!0
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That's an excellent way to go.
Hey C...Let's put that knife to good use and serve ourselves up a slice!0 -
I believe I have found the gateway to heaven in this thread.......0
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Getting caught in the gears of a combine....or having your nuts bit off by a Laplander, that's the way I want to go!0
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OMFG! That is the best way to go...only way to top it now would be to eat that while having sex then that would be having your cake, eating it to, coming and going at the same time... talk about the perfect way to DIE!!!!:bigsmile:
coming and going....hahahaha!!!!0 -
I can totally make this me friendly...0
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Dear Shannon,
I hate you with all my heart.
Signed, Me.0 -
Well damn, I'll have to find a different way to die. That's way too many ingredients.0
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Put down the fork, I will save you...... and give me that! It's a sacarfice I'm willing to make, my life for yours.
You're welcome :bigsmile:
yes, Shannon, fesse and i will help save you *grabs more forks*
Back off, sistah-friends!0 -
You had me at bacon.0
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I can totally make this me friendly...
Did you read the title? Not a chance in hell0 -
OMFG! That is the best way to go...only way to top it now would be to eat that while having sex then that would be having your cake, eating it to, coming and going at the same time... talk about the perfect way to DIE!!!!:bigsmile:
coming and going....hahahaha!!!!0 -
I can totally make this me friendly...
Did you read the title? Not a chance in hell
Well, it does call for "low fat graham crackers". :laugh:0 -
I can totally make this me friendly...
Did you read the title? Not a chance in hell
Nope, my friend and I are already working on it...It's not going be quite to fattening though :-(0 -
I'm not a good enough cook to make this.
:sad: :brokenheart:
I'll marry the woman who makes this for me!!!0 -
OMG amazing!
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Now that is something...Serious overload on the salivatory glands over here0
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I'm not a good enough cook to make this.
:sad: :brokenheart:
I'll marry the woman who makes this for me!!!
is that a proposal?0 -
Am I the only one thinking I love these two things but not combined!!!:noway:0
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I'm not a good enough cook to make this.
:sad: :brokenheart:
I'll marry the woman who makes this for me!!!
:smokin: :devil: :smokin: :devil: :smokin:0 -
I can totally make this me friendly...
Did you read the title? Not a chance in hell
Nope, my friend and I are already working on it...It's not going be quite to fattening though :-(
all four words mean nothing to the vegan in me. bacon, chocolate, caramel, cheesecake. but oh...I want the FAT.0 -
Thank God I hate cheesecake or I'd have to be picking bits of my laptop screen out of my teeth :noway:
And PLEASE don't put up any pictures of yummy chocolately bakery next!0 -
OMG!!!! Yum0
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Ummmm..... YES PLEASE!! It has BACON too?!0
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You are cruel and heartless...and that is why I love you so much!!!
I really might wind up making this...my sister and her husband will love it!
And so will I!!0
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