Best Brandied Cranberry Sour Cream Cheesecake Recipes

CRANBERRY CHEESECAKE WITH WALNUT CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• In a small bowl combine crumbs, walnuts and butter.
• In the bottom of a 9-inch spring-form pan firmly press crumb mixture.
• Bake until golden, 5 to 6 minutes; remove from oven; cool slightly.
• Spread with cranberry sauce; set aside.
• Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees.
• In the large bowl of an electric mixer beat cream cheese, sugar and flour until smooth.
• Beat in eggs, sour cream and vanilla until well blended; spread evenly over cranberry sauce.
• Bake until a knife inserted 1-1/2-inches from the edge comes out clean, about 1 hour; turn off oven; leave cheesecake in oven with door ajar until top is firm to the touch, about 30 minutes.
• Cool on a wire rack, about 1 hour.
• Cover and refrigerate until cold, about 4 hours.
• Just before serving, remove cheesecake from pan to a serving plate.
• Garnish with sugared cranberries, kiwi slices and mint leaves, if desired.
• NOTE: To make sugared cranberries: In a small bowl place a small amount of white corn syrup.
• Add fresh cranberries, a few at a time, turning to coat; then place in a bowl of granulated sugar.
• Using a fork, remove cranberries from sugar and place on a plate until ready to use.

BRANDIED CRANBERRY SOUR CREAM CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• CRUST.
• Stir all ingrediants together until crumbly. Press into the bottom and to the top of the sides lightly greased 9" springform pan. Place on a baking tray & bake for 10 minutes. Then cool while preparing other ingrediants.
• CRANBERRY TOPPING.
• Simmer all ingrediants over Medium heat, stirring occasionally, until most cranberries "pop", about 20 minutes. Cool, then chill completely.
• CHEESECAKE.
• reduce oven to 325 degrees. Beat cream cheese until smooth & fluffy. Gradually add sugar while beating, scrape sides often. Beat in cornstarch & vanilla. Add eggs 1 at a time, scraping well after each addition. Scrape into crust (only will go 1/2 way). Bake 30 minutes.
• SOUR CREAM LAYER.
• Stir sour cream, sugar & vanilla to blend. After cheesecake has baked, remove CAREFULLY & GENTLY dollop sour cream layer on cheesecae. Spread until even & return to oven for 30 minutes. (Mine took an extra 5-10 minutes to set.).
• Chill overnight before garnishing.
• To garnish, spread cranberries over top of chilled cheesecake & chill until ready to slice.