WHITE CHOCOLATE CHERRY PECAN CHEESECAKE

White Chocolate Cherry Pecan Cheesecake image

Some cheesecakes are made to be enjoyed. This White Chocolate Cherry Pecan Cheesecake is made to knock their socks off visually-and then to be enjoyed.

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories Recipes

Time 5h30m

Yield 16 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 cup pecan halves, toasted, divided
1-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup margarine or butter, melted
3 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
1-1/2 pkg. (4 oz. each) BAKER'S White Chocolate (6 oz.), broken into pieces, melted
2 tsp. vanilla, divided
4 eggs
1 can (21 oz.) cherry pie filling
1 cup thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

Steps:

Heat oven to 300°F.
Reserve 16 pecan halves for garnish. Finely chop remaining nuts; mix with graham crumbs, sugar and margarine. Press firmly onto bottom of pan.
Beat cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate and 1 tsp. vanilla in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.
Bake 1 hour or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours.
Mix pie filling and remaining vanilla; spoon over cheesecake. Top with COOL WHIP and reserved pecans.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 480, Fat 31 g, SaturatedFat 14 g, TransFat 1.5 g, Cholesterol 110 mg, Sodium 310 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 8 g