Gabby's Caramel Cheesecake
Adapted from a recipe hosted on Cooks.com

















Ingredients
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter, melted
1/2 box graham crackers
3 pkg. cream cheese (I used 1 or 2 of the 1/3 less fat variety)
1 can sweetened condensed milk
3 eggs
3 pkg. Werther's soft caramels
1/2 c. half and half plus 3 tablesoons
1 c. chopped pecans
Pecan halves

Directions
Crust:

1. Combine butter, sugar and graham crackers and press into 2 pie pans.

2. Melt 2 1/2 pkg caramels with 1/2 cup half and half.

3. When melted, mix in pecans and spread into 2 crusts.

4. Bake for 10 minutes at approx. 350.

Filing:

5. Beat cream cheese, eggs, and sweetened condensed milk. Pour into crusts and bake until set (approx. 45 min).

6. Top with caramel (made with left over caramels and half and half) and pecan halves.

7. Cool in freezer for a couple hours before serving.

Gabrielle Hirz practices law in Washington, DC.