Pecan Pie Cheesecake Thanksgiving and Christmas Dessert Recipe

Two beloved classic Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner party desserts in one!  Pecan Pie and Cheesecake combined to create your new favorite yummy holiday dessert.  BEHOLD!  Pecan Pie Cheesecake deserves a blue ribbon in the holiday dessert table category.   Your holiday guests are going to be talking about this one and asking for the recipe.  Be prepared with a bookmark to text them or printed copies to pass out!  Truschoome – you’ll be asked to fork it over.  Literally.

I found this recipe last year and tried it over the holidays.  Can I just say…WOW!  And it’s SO much easier than you think.   I was prepared for complicated instructions and a bagillion steps just from the pictures I saw.  And I was willing to go through the anguish, because:  PECAN PIE and CHEESECAKE.  But, NOPE!  It’s super easy and you don’t need any fancy culinary skills, you guys.  Pinky swear.

INGREDIENTS

• For your Crust Layer
• 1 and 3/4  Cups Nilla Wafer Cookie Crumbs you can smash the cookies in a ziplock baggie or use a food processor to form crumbs
• 1/4 Cup light brown sugar
• 1/3 Cup Butter (unsalted) melted
• For your Pecan Filling Layer
• 1 and 1/4 Cup light brown sugar
• 2/3 Cup dark corn syrup
• 1/3 Cup Butter (unsalted) melted
• 2 Large Eggs lightly beaten
• 1 and 3/4 Cups Pecans chopped and toasted (see instructions section below on how to toast them)
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• For your Cheesecake Layer
• 3 8 oz. Packages Cream Cheese (24 ounces total) softened to room temperature
• 1 and 1/4 Cups light brown sugar
• 2 Tablespoons All Purpose Flour
• 4 Large Eggs
• 2/3 Cup heavy whipping cream
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• For your Topping Layer
• 3 and 1/2 Tablespoons Butter (unsalted) melted
• 1/2 Cup light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
• 1/4 Cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 Cup Pecans toasted and chopped (see instructions below on how to toast them)
• Pecan Pie Cheesecake Thanksgiving and Christmas Dinner Dessert Recipe via Dreaming in DIY

INSTRUCTIONS
Toasting the Chopped Pecans

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spritz baking sheet with cooking spray. To toast pecans, put them on a baking sheet and toast them just until they become aromatic, about 5 minutes. You have to watch them carefully as they are easily scorched
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