Bananas Foster Cheesecake Squares Recipe
Ingredients:
- 2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine, melted
- 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- Filling
- 24 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons rum extract or 2 tablespoons dark rum
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup mashed ripe bananas
- Topping
- 2 bananas, sliced
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 25 caramels, unwrapped (about 1/2 of 14 ounce package)
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon rum extract (optional)
- 1/2 cup pecan halves
Directions:
- Crust: Mix crumbs, pecans, butter and sugar. Press onto bottom of 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
- Filling: Mix cream cheese, sugar and rum extract with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs; mix until blended. Stir in mashed bananas. Pour over crust. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.
- Topping: Toss bananas with lemon juice; arrange over cheesecake. Microwave caramels and milk in microwavable bowl on HIGH for 2 minutes; stir until smooth. Stir in 1 teaspoon rum extract, if desired. Drizzle evenly over cheesecake. Sprinkle with pecan halves. Cut into squares. Refrigerate any leftover cheesecake.
- Makes 2 dozen.