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Cranberry Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust Served on Decorated Chine Plates
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Cranberry Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust

A gorgeous holiday dessert with cranberries, gingersnaps and a luscious cream cheese filling.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cheesecake, christmas, cranberry, holiday
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings 10 -12 Servings
Calories 459kcal
Author Barb

Ingredients

For the Cranberry Topping

  • 1 12- ounce package fresh or frozen cranberries
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 ½ teaspoons grated orange peel

For the Graham Cracker Crust

  • 1 ¼ cups graham cracker crumbs about 8 crackers (I used gingersnaps; they were what I had on hand and they were great with the cranberry topping)
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • ¼ cup butter melted
  • ¼ cup fresh cranberries chopped

For the Filling

  • 24 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

To Make the Cranberry Topping

  • Combine cranberries and sugar in processor. Using on/off turns, coarsely chop cranberries.
  • Transfer mixture to heavy medium saucepan. Add 1 cup water and orange peel and bring to boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat; simmer until mixture is reduced to 2 1/3 cups, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.
  • Cool to room temperature.
  • Cover; chill overnight or up to 2 days (mixture will thicken).

To Make the Crust

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Process cookies or graham crackers in a food processor or blender to yield 1 1/4 cups crumbs.
  • In a medium bowl, stir together cookie or graham cracker crumbs, sugar, melted butter, and chopped cranberries until crumbs are moist. Press mixture into bottom of a springform pan. Bake in preheated oven 10 minutes; set aside to cool.

To Make the Cheesecake

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • In large bowl of an electric mixer, blend cream cheese, sugar, and flour at medium speed until smooth.
  • Add eggs, milk, and vanilla. Beat until well combined, but do not overmix. Pour mixture into prepared springform pan.
  • Bake in preheated oven 30 minutes. Reduce temperature to 300 degrees and bake 25 to 35 additional minutes until center of cheesecake is set, but still soft.
  • Turn off oven, open oven door, and cool cheesecake in oven about 30 minutes. Remove cheesecake from oven, cool 1 hour on a wire rack, and run a sharp knife around edge of cheesecake. Release outer band of springform pan and remove.
  • Transfer cheesecake to a serving plate. Cover loosely and refrigerate several hours or overnight. With a metal spatula, gently loosen and transfer chilled cheesecake from bottom of springform pan directly onto serving plate, if desired.
  • Dollop cooled cranberry topping over top of cake and smooth to edges. Garnish with whole fresh or candied cranberries.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 459kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 114mg | Sodium: 258mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 41g