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Bacon Caramel Cheesecake

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Ingredients
  

crust

  • 24 oreo cookies crushed in food processor
  • 4 T. melted butter

Cheesecake

  • 24 ounces soft cream cheese
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 T. flour
  • 1 c. sour cream
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Topping

    ganache

    • ¾ c. heavy cream
    • ¾ c. chocolate chips
    • caramel sauce
    • 6 slices bacon cooked crisp and chopped
    • coarse sea salt

    Instructions
     

    crust

    • Combine cookie crumbs and butter.
    • Press into 9 inch springform and bake for 8 mins at 350.
    • Then lower oven temp to 300.

    Cheesecake

    • Beat cream cheese and sugar smooth.
    • Add flour and sour cream.
    • Add one egg at a time and vanilla.
    • Pour onto oreo crust.
    • Bake 1 hour.
    • Shut oven off and leave cake in 30 mins to cool more.
    • Remove, cool to room temp and then chill overnight.

    Ganache

    • Heat cream to almost a boil in microwave.
    • Pour over chips in heat safe bowl.
    • Let sit one min covered.
    • Stir smooth and let cool down a bit at room temp.
    • Once cooler you can pour on the cold cheesecake and drizzle .
    • Add caramel drizzles, too.
    • Top with a small sprinkle of sea salt and garnish with the crispy bacon.