1 stick butter -- melted
2 cup graham cracker crumbs
2 tbsp sugar
2 8 oz. packag cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 egg
20 caramel candy
2 tbsp milk
1/2 cup pecans -- chopped
Directions
Mix together butter, crumbs and 2 T. sugar. Pat in bottom of
springform pan. Melt caramels and milk together. Stir in pecans and
spread over crust. Beat well cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and eggs.
Pour over caramel. Bake at 3500 for 40 minutes. Cool and refrigerate
for 3 hours.
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Servings: 12 servings
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Categories: Candy; Cheesecake; Dessert; Nut; Pecan
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