Pecan Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted
• 5 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened at room temperature
• 1 2/3 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• ground pecans (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 combine first 3 ingredients and press into a 10" springform pan.
• 3 set aside.
• 4 beat cream cheese until light and fluffy.
• 5 gradually add brown sugar, mixing well.
• 6 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 7 stir in vanilla and 1 cup chopped pecans.
• 8 spoon mixture into springform.
• 9 bake at 325 degrees for one hour.
• 10 turn oven off and leave in oven for 30 minutes.
• 11 ajar oven door and leave in oven another 30 minutes.
• 12 cool at room temperature then refrigerate overnight.
• 13 top with whipped cream then sprinkle ground pecans on top.