Name: Gingerbread Cheesecake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: Cooking spray -; 8 oz. finely crushed gingerbread crumbs (about 1 3/4 c.) -; 6 tbsp. melted butter -; 1/4 c. granulated sugar -; Pinch kosher salt -; 4 (8-oz.) blocks cream cheese, softened -; 3/4 c. granulated sugar -; 1/4 c. molasses -; 3 large eggs -; 1/4 c. sour cream -; 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour -; 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract -; 2 tsp. ground ginger -; 1 tsp. ground cinnamon -; 1/4 tsp. freshly ground nutmeg -; 1/4 tsp. kosher salt -; Pinch ground cloves -; 1/2 c. heavy cream -; 1 tbsp. powdered sugar -; 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon -; Miniature gingerbread people -

Recipe information

Cooking:

20 min.

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Ingredients for - Gingerbread Cheesecake

1. Cooking spray -

2. 8 oz. finely crushed gingerbread crumbs (about 1 3/4 c.) -

3. 6 tbsp. melted butter -

4. 1/4 c. granulated sugar -

5. Pinch kosher salt -

6. 4 (8-oz.) blocks cream cheese, softened -

7. 3/4 c. granulated sugar -

8. 1/4 c. molasses -

9. 3 large eggs -

10. 1/4 c. sour cream -

11. 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour -

12. 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract -

13. 2 tsp. ground ginger -

14. 1 tsp. ground cinnamon -

15. 1/4 tsp. freshly ground nutmeg -

16. 1/4 tsp. kosher salt -

17. Pinch ground cloves -

18. 1/2 c. heavy cream -

19. 1 tbsp. powdered sugar -

20. 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon -

21. Miniature gingerbread people -

How to cook deliciously - Gingerbread Cheesecake

1. Stage

Preheat oven to 325° and grease a 9" springform pan with cooking spray. Make crust: In a large bowl, mix together gingerbread crumbs, melted butter, sugar, and salt. Press into bottom and up sides of prepared pan. Set aside.

2. Stage

In a large bowl using a hand mixer (or in the bowl of a stand mixer), beat together cream cheese, sugar, and molasses until no lumps remain. Add eggs and beat until combined. Beat in sour cream, flour, vanilla, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and cloves. Pour mixture over crust.

3. Stage

Wrap bottom of pan in aluminum foil and place in a large roasting pan. Pour in enough boiling water to come halfway up the baking pan.

4. Stage

Bake until center of cheesecake only slightly jiggles, about 1 hour 30 minutes.

5. Stage

Turn off heat, prop open oven door, and let cheesecake cool in oven, 1 hour.

6. Stage

Remove foil and refrigerate cheesecake until completely chilled, at least 5 hours and up to overnight.

7. Stage

In a large bowl, beat whipped cream, powdered sugar, and cinnamon until firm peaks form. Transfer into a pastry bag fitted with a star tip. Pipe swirls of whipped cream around border of cake and place gingerbread people in between swirls.