The vacations deserve a celebratory dessert, and this gorgeous Brown Sugar Cheesecake with Butterscotch Sauce is it. With its buttery, caramelly flavors, C&H® Gentle Brown Sugar is a key ingredient at each stage, from the crust that echoes the chewy nuttiness of an oatmeal cookie and the luxuriously easy and creamy filling to the marginally tangy topping and the decadently wealthy sauce. This must-bake is pure indulgence in each chunk.
Brown Sugar Cheesecake with Butterscotch Sauce
Makes 1 (9-inch) Brown Sugar Cheesecake and 1 1/2 cups Butterscotch Sauce
Brown Sugar Cheesecake
- 2 cups (180 grams) quick-cooking oats
- 1 1/2 cups (330 grams) plus 2 tablespoons (28 grams) firmly packed C&H® Gentle Brown Sugar, divided
- 3/4 cup (94 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon (6 grams) floor cinnamon
- 10 tablespoons (140 grams) unsalted butter, melted
- 3 (8-ounce) packages (680 grams) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon (1.5 grams) kosher salt
- 2 cups (480 grams) bitter cream, room temperature and divided
- 2 teaspoons (8 grams) vanilla extract, divided
- 4 giant eggs (200 grams), room temperature
- Butterscotch Sauce (recipe follows)
Butterscotch Sauce
- 1 cup (240 grams) heavy whipping cream
- 3/4 cup (165 grams) firmly packed C&H® Gentle Brown Sugar
- 1/4 cup (57 grams) unsalted butter
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Brown Sugar Cheesecake
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Preheat oven to 325°F (170°C). Spray a 9-inch springform pan with baking spray with flour.
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For crust: In a big bowl, whisk collectively oats, ¾ cup (165 grams) brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon; stir in melted butter till properly mixed and combination holds collectively when squeezed. Press into backside and three fourths of the best way up sides of ready pan.
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Bake till crust is aromatic and set, 15 to twenty minutes. Let cool fully. Go away oven on; place oven rack in backside third of oven.
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Wrap a big piece of professional quality foil round backside and up sides of springform pan; place pan in a big oven-safe bag, tucking ends so bag is flush with high fringe of pan. (When you don’t have an oven bag, wrap pan in a double layer of foil.) Place wrapped springform pan in a big roasting pan.
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For filling: Within the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat cream cheese, ¾ cup (165 grams) brown sugar, and salt at medium pace till easy and creamy, about 3 minutes, stopping to scrape sides of bowl. Add 1 cup (240 grams) bitter cream and 1 teaspoon (4 grams) vanilla, beating till mixed and stopping to scrape sides of bowl. Scale back mixer pace to low; add eggs, separately, beating simply till mixed after every addition and stopping to scrape sides of bowl. Pour filling into cooled crust. Place roasting pan in oven, and add sizzling water to roasting pan to return 1 inch up sides of springform pan.
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Bake till cheesecake wobbles barely when pan is gently shaken and an instantaneous learn thermometer inserted in heart registers 150°F (66°C) to 155°F (68°C), 1½ hours to 1 hour and 45 minutes. Fastidiously take away roasting pan from oven. Enhance oven temperature to 400°F (200°C).
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For topping: In a medium bowl, whisk collectively remaining 1 cup (240 grams) bitter cream, remaining 2 tablespoons (28 grams)brown sugar, and remaining 1 teaspoon (4 grams) vanilla; rigorously unfold onto cheesecake with an off set spatula. Fastidiously return roasting pan to oven.
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Bake till topping is simply set, about 5 minutes. Fastidiously take away roasting pan from oven, and punctiliously take away springform pan from water tub. Let cheesecake cool fully in pan on a wire rack. (As soon as pan is cool sufficient to deal with, rigorously take away oven bag and foil.) Refrigerate till cheesecake is chilly and set, at the very least 3 hours, or as much as in a single day, loosely protecting with foil solely when fully cool to forestall condensation from forming.
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Switch ½ cup (about 124 grams) Butterscotch Sauce to a pastry bag fitted with a small spherical piping tip (Wilton No. 6), and refrigerate for 30 to 45 minutes.
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Run a thin-bladed knife between sides of pan and cheesecake, if wanted. Fastidiously take away sides of pan, and switch cheesecake to a serving plate. Pipe chilly sauce on cheesecake as desired. Serve cheesecake with remaining Butterscotch Sauce. Refrigerate in an hermetic container for as much as 3 days.
Butterscotch Sauce
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In a medium saucepan, deliver all components to a boil over medium-high warmth, whisking consistently till butter is melted, sugar dissolves, and combination is properly mixed. Prepare dinner, whisking often, till thickened, 8 to 10 minutes. Take away from warmth; let cool fully earlier than utilizing. Refrigerate in an hermetic container for as much as 2 weeks.