RumChata Cheesecake

Ingredients:

  • Crust
    • Cooking spray
    • 9 graham crackers (finely crushed)
    • 6 tablespoons butter (melted)
    • ¼ cup granulated sugar
    • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
    • Pinch kosher salt
  • Filling
    • 4 (8 ounce) blocks cream cheese (softened)
    • ¾ cup granulated sugar
    • ¼ cup brown sugar (packed)
    • 4 large eggs
    • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • 1/3 cup RumChata© liqueur
    • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
    • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • Pinch kosher salt
  • Toppings
    • Non-dairy whipped topping
    • Cinnamon sugar
    • Caramel sauce

Directions

Preheat oven to 325° F and grease an 8-9 inch springform pan with cooking spray.

In a large bowl, stir graham cracker crumbs, butter, sugar, cinnamon, and salt until combined. Press into the bottom of the prepared pan and up the sides. Set aside.

In a large bowl using a hand mixer (or in the bowl of a stand mixer), beat cream cheese with sugars until no lumps remain. Add eggs, one at a time, then stir in vanilla and RumChata©. Add cornstarch, cinnamon, and salt and beat until combined. Pour mixture over crust.

Wrap bottom of pan in aluminum foil and place in a large roasting pan. Pour in enough boiling water to come up halfway in the baking pan. Bake until center of cheesecake only slightly jiggles, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Turn off the heat, prop open oven door, and let cheesecake cool in oven, 1 hour. Remove foil and refrigerate cheesecake for at least 5 hours and up to overnight.

Spread non-dairy whipped topping on top of cheesecake in a thick layer, then sprinkle all over with cinnamon sugar. Pipe more non-dairy whipped topping around the edges of cheesecake, then drizzle piped non-dairy whipped topping with caramel.

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