Name: Katie’s 180 Cheesecake
Yield: Serves 12–14
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 eggs at room temperature; 3 8-oz. packages softened cream cheese; 1 tablespoon Gentleman Jack; 1 14 oz. package caramels; 1 5 oz. can evaporated milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 6 tablespoons melted butter; 1½ cups vanilla wafer crumbs; 1 can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed milk; ½ cup granulated sugar; ½ cup melted chocolate chips; 1 generous cup coarsely chopped nuts (I use pecans)

Preparation info

Serves
12–14

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Guide to Grilling

By Rick Browne

Published 2011

About

This took 1st place in desserts at the Jack Daniels CookOff a few years ago. The cheesecake recipe is called “Katie’s 180” for the perfect scores it garnered; 10’s in each of the appearance, taste, and texture categories–from all six judges! Wow!

Ingredients

1½ cups vanilla wafer crumbs
6 tablespoons melted butter
1 ta

Method

Spray the sides of a 9” springform pan with nonstick spray and dust with ½ of the vanilla wafer crumbs. Mix the excess crumbs with the melted butter and Gentleman Jack. Stir together and press into the bottom and ½ inch up the sides of the pan. Set the pan aside.

Slowly and over low heat, melt the caramels and evaporated milk together in a medium saucepan, stirring occasionally, about 5