Lets Bake: Caramel Apple Cheescake

It is fall (although this week it doesn't feel much like it). For some people, fall means getting more crafty and cozy but for me, it means getting more homey. That mean that I start baking like a crazy person. I just can get enough home made goodness.
I want to thank you all for the apple pie recipes and encouragement. I am not ready to try one yet, but soon. Hayden is still asking. But I did try this.
My sister asked for one thing for her birthday, a dessert. She said that her two favorites were apple pie and cheesecake. She asked for one or the other. I thought that I would do one better and see if they could be combined. So I went to Food Network's site and wouldn't you know that the goddess of all things country goodness, Paula Deen had just the recipe.

There are the ingredients that you will need.

First step is to pour apple pie filling onto a graham cracker crust. You can either use a pre-made pie crust, which was my intent but I forgot to buy one, or make your own. Which what I did.
Make sure that you save 3/4 cup of the filling for later.

Next, put eggs, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in the mixer and blend them together.



When it all combined pour it over the apple pie filling in the crust.

Put it in the oven to bake.

Once the cheesecake is finished baking, let it cool to room temperature and then in a small sauce pan, combine reserved pie filling and caramel topping. Heat until combined, I mashed up the apples a little with the spoon but it will be lumpy.
Then pour over the cheese cake and decorate with the pecans.

Here is the finished dish. I highly recommend this recipe. It was really easy to make and oh so yummy. I don't know why it wouldn't be, it is a Paula Deen special.