Cooking with Kayla – Cheesecake Style

Two words combined together in a sentence, making my mouth water. Food Network. Bobby Flay has done it once AGAIN. Are you tired of the usual nasty holiday desserts? I have the most perf thing to make yours, your mom’s, your dad’s, and even your master chef grandma’s mouth water. It might even make your grandma praise Jesus and scream “HALLELUJAH!” I found a recipe from Mister Bobby Flay himself, who happens to be a Master Chef, and I brought it to YOU! Because I love you guys! So let’s call grandma and make her jealous… AND LET’S GET COOKIN’ GOOD LOOKIN’!

The recipe is:

• 8 whole graham crackers
• 1 cup lightly toasted walnuts, divided
• 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 3 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons packed light muscovado sugar
• 4 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1 large vanilla bean, seeds scraped
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 recipe Apple Mixture
• 1 recipe Apple Caramel Sauce

For the Apple mixture:

• 2 cups apple juice
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 vanilla bean, reserved from the cheesecake mixture
• 1 tablespoon cold butter
• 3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, seeded and thinly sliced
• 3 Fuji apples, peeled, seeded and thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup apple brandy

For the Apple-Caramel Sauce:

• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• Pinch salt
• 3 tablespoons apple brandy
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

The full step-by-step method, from the crust to the water bath and the caramel, was reprinted from Bobby Flay’s recipe on Food Network and is not reproduced in this archive.

And that is all! Thank you for reading and Cookin’ with Kayla! See ya soon!