Caramel Pie Recipe

Caramel Pie Recipe – Caramel Pie

INGREDIENTS:

* 1 cup brown sugar
* 3 eggs, separated
* 5 tablespoons flour
* 1 1/2 cups milk
* 2 tablespoons butter
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 1 pie shell, 9-inch, baked
* 1/3 cup sugar, for meringue
* 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

PREPARATION:
Beat egg yolks; add milk. Mix flour with sugar. Add butter and vanilla. Combine all ingredients and cook in double boiler until thick, stirring constantly. Pour filling into baked pie shell, top with meringue, and bake at brown.

Prepare meringue.
Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until frothy. Slowly add 1/3 cup sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks form. Spread meringue over the hot filling, spreading to crust. Bake at 400° for 10 minutes, or until browned.

Sounds good to me. Would it be going too far to drizzle chocolate over it?

Chocolate Caramel Cheesecake Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cups crushed vanilla wafers (about 50)
6 Tablespoons melted butter
1 14-oz. pkg. vanilla caramels (about 48)
1 5-oz. can evaporated milk
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
2 8 oz. pkg. softened cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips…melted and slightly cooled

Directions:
Crust: Combine crushed vanilla wafers and melted butter. Press mixture onto bottom and about 2 inches up the sides of a 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 350 degrees about 10 minutes. Cool.

In medium saucepan, combine caramels and evaporated milk. Cook and stir until melted (double boiler works best for this) Pour over baked crust. Sprinkle with toasted pecans. Chill

Filling: Beat softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Add eggs, beating on low speed just until combined (do not overbeat);
stir in melted chocolate and blend well. Pour over Caramel-nut layer.

Bake at 350 degrees about 40 minutes or until center appears nearly set when shaken. Cool about 15 minutes. Loosen from side of pan. Cool completely on wire rack. Cover and chill at least 4 hours before serving. Remove from refrigerator about 20 minutes before serving.

I didn’t have a lot of luck last time I tried those caramels in a cheesecake.

Have you seen that new cream cheese which comes already flavoured with chocolate and caramel? I tried it but it’s super-icky sweet. Too sweet for a cheesecake really. I like to add vanilla yogurt to my cheesecake, then just the cream cheese, some sugar, an egg or two. The rest depends on what flavour I’m going for. I made a nice ginger cheesecake over the summer for a party my Mom went to.

CopyKat Recipes – Lots more goodies were found here. But, now I’m going to bed. Even the lure of looking at more chocolate is fading fast. 🙂