For the month of November we are celebrating birthdays for our John L. Scott Bothell and Mukilteo real estate brokers! Our birthday recipe pick this month is a Pumpkin Cider Cheesecake + Oat Pecan Cookie Crumble from the Kitchen McCabe!
This cheesecake is dairy free, gluten free, and refined sugar free and is the epitome of autumn. Two layers of cashew-based cheesecake are swirled together. One is a cider cheesecake that is sweetened with reduced apple cider and spiced with cinnamon. The other is made with pumpkin puree(you can turn all of your pumpkins into puree by following the instructions in this post), but both layers meld into one creamy, decadent cheesecake that sits on an oat and pecan cookie layer. For an extra dose of good measure, more of that sweet and crunchy oat layer is crumbled on top of the cheesecake, giving it ALLLL the texture and spiced autumn flavors.
PUMPKIN CIDER CHEESECAKE + OAT PECAN COOKIE CRUMBLE
Serves: serves 24
INGREDIENTS
FOR THE COOKIE CRUMBLE:
¾ cup Quaker Gluten Free Oats
1½ cups Pecans
4 tablespoons Coconut Palm Sugar
⅓ teaspoon Sea Salt
½ teaspoon Cinnamon
3 tablespoons Coconut Oil
1 teaspoon Vanilla
FOR THE CHEESECAKE:
3 cups Apple Cider
2 cups Cashews, soaked overnight
juice of one Lemon
1 tablespoon Vanilla
pinch of Sea Salt
1 tablespoon Coconut Oil, liquefied
1¼ teaspoons Cinnamon (divided)
6 tablespoons Maple Syrup (divided)
⅔ cup Pumpkin Puree
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR THE COOKIE CRUMBLE:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 6" cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper.
Place the pecans in a food processor and process until they are broken down into small pieces(about the size of short grain rice). Add the oats and remaining ingredients to the processor and process until the mixture comes together in a crumbly mass.
Divide the mixture between the two prepared cake pans. Press the mixture in to the bottom of the pans into an even, firm layer.
Bake in the preheated oven for 15-18 minutes, or until golden brown around the edges.
Remove from the oven and let cool completely. Run a knife around the edge of the cookie to loosen it from the pan and set this pan aside - this will be the base of the cheesecake and the pan you'll fill it with - the other pan is for the crumble on top. One the pan for the crumble has cooled, break the cookie up into small pieces with a spoon and set aside to top the cheesecake with when finished.
FOR THE CHEESECAKE:
Place the apple cider in a saucepan over medium/high heat. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to a simmer. Allow to simmer for about 10 minutes, or until the mixture has reduced to ⅔ cup of cider.
Remove from heat and pour the reduced cider into a high speed blender.
Rinse the soaked cashews in water and place them in the blender along with the lemon juice, vanilla, salt, half of the cinnamon, and 2 tablespoons of the maple syrup. Blend, slowly working your way up to high speed, until the mixture is silky and perfectly smooth.
Pour half of the mixture into a bowl (this is your cider cheesecake layer) and leave the remaining half in the blender. Set the bowl aside.
To the remaining mixture in the blender, add the coconut oil, the other half of the cinnamon, the remaining 4 tablespoons of maple syrup, and the pumpkin puree.
Blend until perfectly smooth.
TO ASSEMBLE:
Alternately fill the cake pan with the cookie crust in the bottom with about ½ cup of cider cheesecake, topping that with ½ cup of pumpkin cheesecake mixture. Continue this until the cheesecake mixtures have been used up and cake pan is full. Use a knife to swirl the mixture around a bit in the pan.
Place the pan in the freezer for 4-6 hours, or until frozen completely.
Remove from the freezer and run hot water around the edges of the cake pan to loosen the cheesecake. Invert the cheesecake onto a plate, then upright it onto a serving platter. Top the cheesecake with the reserved cookie crumble. Place back in the freezer until ready to serve.
When serving, set at room temperature for about 15 minutes before using a hot, wet(and dried before slicing)knife to cut clean slices easily through the cake.
Store, covered, in the freezer.
Happy Birthday to our November Real Estate Professionals!
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