If you read my blog on a regular basis, you may recall that I am a huge fan of cheesecake. As a matter of fact, I love it… I could probably eat it every day if I had an amazing metabolism; but unfortunately I do not. You may also remember that I use a specific method each time I bake a cheesecake recipe. This method seems to help minimize the likelihood of cracks in my cheesecakes and involves nothing more than some foil, an oven bag and a little patience.
After mentioning my cheesecake baking methods in several posts, I started to receive emails asking for further clarification. So, I decided to bust out the video camera and record my second vlog and show you how I bake my recipe for Snickers Cheesecake.
This cheesecake recipe is deliciously indulgent and perfect for anyone that loves ooey gooey Snickers bars. It was a huge hit with Brian’s co-workers and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
August 25th, 2010
Snickers Cheesecake
Ingredients:
For the Crust
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 stick unsalted butter; melted
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
For the Cheesecake
4 sticks of cream cheese, 8 oz each; room temperature
1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
4 large eggs; room temperature
3/4 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
For the Topping
20 Mini Snickers; cut in fourths
1/3 cup roasted peanuts; chopped
1/4 cup caramel syrup
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Tightly wrap a 9 inch springform pan in heavy duty foil. This step prevents leaks when using a water bath. I also take the extra step by placing the foil wrapped spring form pan inside an oven bag while baking.
2. Mix together the crust ingredients and press into the bottom of your pan and about 1 inch up the sides. Bake for 7 minutes and cool completely on a wire rack.
3. Begin to boil a large pot of water for the water bath.
4. In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with your paddle attachment, combine the sugar and cream cheese and cream together until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, fully incorporating each before adding the next. Make sure to scrape down the bowl in between each egg. Add heavy cream and vanilla and mix until smooth.
5. Pour batter into prepared crust. Place pan into a larger pan and pour boiling water into the larger pan until halfway up the side of the cheesecake pan.
6. Bake 45 to 55 minutes, the edges will appear to be set, but the center will still have some jiggle to it. At this point, close the oven door, turn the heat off, and let rest in the cooling oven for one hour. After one hour has passed, carefully remove the cheesecake from the water bath and place on a cooling rack to cool completely. Once the cake is completely cooled, place it into the refrigerator for at least 5 hours.
7. Top with Snickers bars, peanuts and caramel.
Notes:
- A tightly covered cheesecake can be stored in the refrigerator for up to five days. The cheesecake can be stored for approximately 2 months in the freezer. I recommend you freeze this variation without the topping (Snickers, peanuts, caramel). To defrost, allow cake to defrost in the refrigerator overnight.
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Snickers was ALWAYS my favorite candy bar, and cheesecake is my favorite dessert. Double whammy right here. I’ll take 2 slices.
Yumm, it’s beautiful! Cannot wait to make this
We love the video…and lady you do not have a muppet voice! Snickers and cheesecake are a fabulous pair…we’re cheesecake-aholics too and are sooo making this!
I agree, with Blue-Eyed Baker you do not have a muppet voice! Love your baking method. The vids- Awesome! I hope you keep making them!!!
Great vlog! I’m going to have to try the oven bag and water bath trick! Snickers are my absolute favorite candy bar so this is right up my ally!
I am not a cheesecake fan, but I think I would devour a piece of this kind!
looks so yum,..
Thanks! Your video is very timely- I just made a cheesecake today with not cracks, but crevasses. I’m going to try your method on the next one. I thought your video was very nicely done!
Devilishly scrumptious!
Cheers,
Rosa
That was a great video. I appreciate the effort that must’ve gone into that. The cheesecake looks fantastic, too.
Looks amazing.. May have to try with milky way. Can’t have nuts
I LOVE cheesecake. I might have to make this recipe ASAP!
that foil trick is smart (on the inside bottom of the pan)! i’m not a huge fan of graham cracker crusts so i usually do a spongecake crust or occasionally a shortbread crust, but i think i’ll try your trick and see if that helps with tranferring the cheesecake to a cake board. i never have parchment around when i need it cuz i use silpats :
you have a lovely voice, thank you and keep the videos coming
I thought the foil trick was great the first time I saw it a few months ago on Rouxbe, but it made my cheesecake watery, so now I don’t use it at all. I think it all depends on how your springform pan is made. I have the “no-leak” kind.
I just happen to have a bag of snickers hiding away in my fridge! Your video was so wonderful. It really made me feel more confident about baking a cheesecake and gave plenty of helpful tips! In addition, that is one of the most beautiful cheesecakes I have ever seen. Nice job!
Cheesecake isn’t the first dessert I would choose, but this snickers one looks AMAZING!! Anything drizzled with caramel and topped with candy bits has to be good! Great Vlog!!
This came up on my Reader and I just made a semi-embarrassing OMG/Gaaahhh/Yummmmmm! noise while sitting at my desk…
Looks delish!!!
I love cheesecake but I’m a purist; not as crazy about it with a bunch of additional ‘stuff’ so typically stick to plain served with fruit or my favorite which has a layer of sour cream and then a lemon glaze.
BUT…I do love your videos…and maybe part of the charm of them and the evidence of them not being overproduced is the preponderance of ‘ums’ – we don’t care…makes you one of us!
For some reason the video won’t load on my computer! Sad.
The cheesecake looks awesome though! Oh snickers. Now I’m craving one of their ice cream bars. Too good.
YUMMM two of my favs snickers and cheesecake, I can’t wait to try and make this…
Absolutely fantastic video! I love the way you explan things so clearly and straightforward! Keep ‘em coming!
I’ve made dozens of cheesecakes in my time and still picked up a great tip from your vlog — I’ll definitely be adding those plastic roasting bags to my shopping list! Love your blog too … mahalo!
Thank you for the video! I love cheesecake and can’t wait to try it out!
Two of my favourite things in one!
Delicious cheesecake and wonderful tips! I love it! I learned the hard way how to make a crackless cheesecake. Thanks for sharing!
Luv the idea for the Snickers topping! Makes the mind start to think of the candy bar possibilities!!! Cheesecake is a fav around our house, and appreciate the tips to keep it from cracking! Great post and yummy pic!
Loving your vlogs!! My boyfriend would love this recipe so I think I’ll have to make it
Looks divine! Great video. No wonder someone couldn’t resist a slice
Love both the vlog and the sounds of this recipe!
what an horrible temptation!!!
Best tutorial on cheesecakes that I have seen, your cheesecake is beautiful too!
That looks totally awesome! Chocolate, caramel and cheesecake. Can’t go wrong there!
I love cheesecake and Snickers – great combo. I had to share this with my facebook friends page. Great vlog!
Angela
This looks amazing! I’m making it this week for my husbands birthday. I also enjoy your vlogs. I hope there will be more
YUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMYYY!
Thanks you so much for sharing this:):):):):):)!!
Me:D
First of all, your cheesecake is gorgeous! Second of all, your video is amazing, really great presentation. I checked out the cupcake one as well, and it’s equally fabulous. Awesome work, Jamie!
Wish my husband ate cheesecake! I tell, that is craziness, not liking cheesecake. But here I am, stuck with no one to make cheesecake for by myself!
I think I would include this Snickers Cheesecake in my last meal on earth. I think that pretty much sums up my feelings on the subject! WOW. Loving your vlogs, girl. But we want to see YOU
See Jamie, you are so going to get me in trouble. Now I gotta go make this, eat it and do an hour of cardio pilates. OMG this is sinful. It looks wonderful honey, what a fabulous creation, can’t wait to try it. = )
That cheesecake looks amazing!! Wow. Thanks for the great video. I love the idea of using an oven bag over the foil.
omg, that must be so delicious and addictive cheescake
OMG!!!! I want some. These are two of my all time favourite goodies. What an awesome combination!!!
*kisses* HH
Wow! I want a slice of that. No I want the whole of that! Love the video.
Another awesome video Jaime. Especially love all the tips for keeping water from seeping into the cheesecake, which looks super delicious
Great vlog Jaime! That cheesecake looks delicious, I usually prefer an unadorned one, but that one has me drooling!!
Oh, my goodness!
I was looking for some kind of caramel cheesecake recipe and came across this. (All of my girlfriends think I’m crazy, but I like caramel, or even maple, way more than I like chocolate)
However, since I also love snickers bars, I think I need to test out this recipe. A coronary in the making I’m sure, but what a way to go!
Thanks for the share!
I just discovered your blog on my Google Reader and am excited to browse your recipes. And the vlog in this post was very helpful! I’ve only ever used the 1M tip from Wilton when icing my cupcakes, so I am jazzed to get some recommendations and a demo on other tips. I actually have a gift certificate to Bake It Pretty, so guess what I’m ordering! Thanks for taking the time to film that – the quality was great and you sounded just fine!
I am with you on the cheesecake…i am pretty sure that i could live on it.
throw in a snickers and you have a real party!
You have an incredibly fancy oven. Just saying. =)
This looks amazing!! I saw your cheesecake on Love From the Oven and I must say that I immediately started drooling! I love cheesecake and I LOVE Snickers. Just wonderful! You can see my Oreo Cheesecake just underneath yours.
Thanks for the excellent Cheesecake tutorial. Made my first cheesecake today. My thing is making chocolate chip cookies, however I love cheesecake and your blog inspired and motivated to try it. My co-workers will let me know how I did tomorrow. Thanks!
I have tried this twice and it is delicious! However, it always lets water in the base which is very annoying. I have to say it doesn’t affect the taste (I don’t think!) as it still tastes great.
I wrapped in tinfoil the first time (several hundered layers!) then in tinfoil, cling film and cut up oven bags tied togther with string. The oven bags I bought were too small, I’m finding it hard to find large ones on the UK, any ideas?
Becky-
Sometimes the leaking may simply be due to a poor seal on your pan. Do you have large Turkey sized oven bags in the UK or plastic crock pot (slow cooker) bags? Those will work as well. Have a great day.
-Jamie
Hi Jamie
I’ve been looking out for larger sized bags, and hopefully will be able to get them soon as its coming up to Christmas. In the meantime I have invested in a better tin with some sort of magic silicone seal! I’ll see how that goes and let you know.
Becky
New tin works wonders! No more soggy base!
Thank You for this Video Tutorial. I finally made a pumpkin cheesecake without it craking. And it came out beautiful. The only thing I didn’t do was use the oven bag because I didn’t have any. But none of the water leaked into the pan, so it worked out.
Awesome cheesecake! It looks absolutely amazing. One question….would this work if you wanted to make individual mini cheesecakes? In cupcake trays, is what I mean.
This look so yummy! I’m sure you have heard of this tip, buttt…..If your cheesecake cracks, you can just dip a butter knife in hot water and then gently rub it across the cracks. Viola! You have a perfect cheesecake again!
No wonder you have a “baking addiction!” Thanks for sharing! And congratulations on being included in the Sweet Sixteen Collection this week!
I made this for Valentine’s Day and it was so good
Thank you for sharing it!
Would this work without being cooked in a water bath? I want to make mini ones in a pan with removable bottoms and don’t think I could make them waterproof as cannot get big oven bags in the UK.
Mmmmmm! I LOVE cheesecake and Snickers bars – a match made in heaven. We don’t have Graham Crackers in the UK, but as I’m spending the next couple of months in the US, I’m going to try and make this.
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