Thursday, October 7, 2010

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Candied Apple Pie Cheesecake

What You Need

1 cup crushed NABISCO Ginger Snaps
3 Tbsp.  butter, melted
1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. sugar, divided
2 pkg.  (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup  BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
2 eggs
1 cup  apple pie filling, divided
1/2 cup PLANTERS Walnut Pieces, divided
1/2 cup  toffee bits, divided

Make It

HEAT oven to 325°F.
MIX crumbs, butter and 2 Tbsp. sugar; press onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate.
BEAT cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla with mixer until blended. Add sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each. Stir in 1/2 each pie filling, nuts and toffee. Pour into crust.
BAKE 35 min. or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 4 hours. Top with remaining pie filling, nuts and toffee before serving.



Save 50 calories and 6 grams of fat per serving by preparing as directed with PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese and BREAKSTONE'S Reduced Fat or KNUDSEN'S LITE Sour Cream.
Substitute
Prepare using chocolate-covered toffee bits.

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