Caramel Apple Cheesecake

Cheesecake – my first true love when it comes to dessert. The very first one I learned how to make, the first dessert I made for my Hubby and the one I always make for special occasions. Like holidays. This past weekend, we celebrated our Annual Family Day. It’s a tradition we started right after my Hubby and I got married. We kept at it every year, making a big dinner and doing activities. It’s always the first Sunday of October. 

Now that we have three children, it feels like we are a big family and everyone can participate which makes for a lot of fun! Pumpkins are carved, Thanksgiving and Halloween decorations are hung and placed and a big dinner is served. It is a kick off to the holiday season. It let’s us focus on our family and doing things together. We tend to get distracted by meetings and get-togethers for Thanksgiving or Christmas so this holiday is just for us. Just being together with our kids. Being a family.

Through out this week, I will be sharing all of the dishes we had on our special holiday. But let’s start with the dessert. 🙂 Because, why not?

Ingredients
!for the caramel apples:

• 6 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 4 medium apples (I like to mix them: 2 Gala apples 2 Granny Smith apples), washed, cored, sliced
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves or nutmeg
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

!for the crust:

• 1 and 1/2 cup finely crushed graham crackers
• 1 Tbsp granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted

!for the filling:

• 3 pkg 8-ounce each of cream cheese softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup Greek yogurt or sour cream
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 Tbsp milk
• 3 well-beaten eggs
• US Customary - Metric

Instructions
!to make the caramel apples:

1. Melt butter in cast iron skillet.
2. Add apple slices.
3. Sprinkle the apple slices with cinnamon and cloves.
4. cook until soft but not mushy.
5. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together brown sugar and cream.
6. Pour over apples.
7. Bring to bubbly over medium heat, stirring constantly.
8. Remove from heat. Spoon out the apple slices onto a bowl or plate. Cool to room temperature.
9. Pace the skillet with caramel sauce back on the heat and cook until thickens, about 2 more minutes.
10. Remove from the heat and let cool for 15 minutes. Pour into a heat-proof jar. Cool to room temperature.

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