Paula Deen's Caramel Apple Cheesecake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (20 ounce) can apple pie filling
• 1 (10 inch) graham cracker crust
• 16 ounces cream cheese
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup caramel topping
• 12 pecan halves
• 2 tablespoons chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 reserve 3/4 cup apple filling, and set aside.
• 3 spoon remaining apple filling into the crust.
• 4 beat together in large bowl, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, eggs. pour over pie filling.
• 5 bake for 35 minutes. cool.
• 6 meanwhile, mix reserved pie filling and caramel topping and heat for 1 minute in a small saucepan.
• 7 spread warm topping evenly over cooked, cooled cheesecake.
• 8 decorate entire edge of cake with the 12 pecan halves, and sprinkle middle of cheesecake with chopped pecans.
• 9 refrigerate, share, and enjoy!