Katie’s 180 Cheesecake

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

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

Americas
United States
Austin
Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Texas

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