Apple Cheesecake Elegante

Name: Apple Cheesecake Elegante
Prep time: P1H30M
Total time: P2H
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: cheesecake mix; sugar; butter; walnuts; milk; applesauce; lemon zest; lemon juice; brown sugar; butter; cinnamon; nutmeg; mace

YIELD

8 servings

PREP

90 min

COOK

30 min

READY

120 min

Ingredients

10 ½

OUNCE CHEESECAKE MIX *

CUP SUGAR

CUP BUTTER
or margarine, melted

⅓

CUP WALNUTS
ground or finely chopped

1 ½

CUPS MILK
cold

CUPS APPLESAUCE
canned

TEASPOON LEMON ZEST
grated

TABLESPOONS LEMON JUICE

CUP BROWN SUGAR *

TABLESPOONS BUTTER
or margarine

TEASPOON CINNAMON

TEASPOON NUTMEG

TEASPOON MACE

Directions

CRUST: To make crust, empty envelope of graham cracker crust from mix into a bowl. Add ¼ cup sugar, ¼ cup melted butter or margarine and nuts. Mix until thoroughly combined. Press mixture firmly against sides and bottom of an 8 inch pie plate. Refrigerate 5 minutes or bake in 375~ oven for 8 minutes. Cool.

FILLING: Pour milk into a small mixing bowl. Add contents of cheesecake filling envelope from mix, ½ cup applesauce, and grated lemon rind. Beat atlow speed with electric mixer until blended. Beat at medium speed 3 minutes longer. Pour into prepared crust; chill at least 1 hour.

TOPPING: Combine 1½ cups applesauce and remaining ingredients in saucepan; simmer for 20 minutes.

To serve, top wedges of cake with spiced applesauce topping. Topping may be served warm or cold.