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Turtle pecan cheesecake

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Ingredients:
8 ozChocolate cookies, or
- vanilla wafers
1/4 cupButter, melted
20 ozCream cheese, softened
1 cupSugar
1 1/2 tbspFlour, all purpose
1/4 tspSalt
1 tspVanilla extract
3 Eggs
2 tbspWhipping cream
CARAMEL TOPPING
1/2 packCaramels, 14-oz package
1/3 cupWhipping cream
CHOCOLATE TOPPING
4 ozGerman sweet chocolate
1 tspButter
2 tbspWhipping cream
1 cupPecans, toasted, chopped
Procedures:
1Preheat oven to 450°F.
2Place cookies in resealable plastic bag.
3Squeeze out excess air; seal bag tightly.
4Roll over cookies with rolling pin until finely crushed.
5Combine cookie crumbs and butter in medium bowl; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
6Beat cream cheese in large bowl until creamy.
7Add sugar, flour, salt and vanilla; mix well.
8Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
9Blend in cream.
10Pour over crust.
11Bake 10 minutes.
12Reduce oven temperature to 200°F.
13Continue baking cheesecake 35-40 minutes or until set.
14Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan.
15Prepare caramel topping and chocolate topping.
16Drizzle over cheesecake.
17Refrigerate cheesecake.
18Sprinkle with pecans just before serving.
19Caramel topping.
20Combine ingredients in small saucepan; stir over low heat until smooth.
21Chocolate topping.
22Combine ingredients in small saucepan; stir over low heat until smooth.
23decadent cheesecakes from cooking class magazine, march 1993.