Shelly's Recipe

AUTUMN CHEESECAKE

Category: Cheesecake

1 cup graham cracker crumbs
3 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup butter, Melted
2 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla
4 cup apples, peel, thinly sliced
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup pecans, chopped

Combine crumbs, sugar, cinnamon and margarine, press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.

Combine cream cheese and sugar until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in vanilla, pour over crust.

Toss apples with combined sugar and cinnamon. Spoon apple mixture over cream cheese layer; sprinkle with pecans. Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan. Chill.

VARIATION:
Add 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans with crumbs for crust. Continue as directed.