Crumb Nut Cheesecake Crust Recipes

LOW CARB CHEESECAKE NUT CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place nuts in bowl of a food processor; pulse until ground into a meal.
• Add Splenda, butter and cocoa powder (optional) pulse to combine.
• Transfer nut mixture to a 9" springform pan and gently press to form a crust on bottom of pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes Remove from oven and cool.
• Fill with your favorite lowcarb cheesecake batter and bake according to cheesecake recipe directions.

GINGERSNAP CHEESECAKE CRUST

Steps:

• Stir together the gingersnap crumbs, melted butter, sugar, and salt in a bowl. Press onto the bottom and 1 inch up the sides of a buttered 9-inch springform pan. Fill right away or chill up to 2 hours.

CRUMB-NUT CHEESECAKE CRUST

Steps:

• Chop nuts very finely in food grinder or food processor (or put in a plastic zipper storage bag and roll over with a rolling pin to crush nuts.) Should have 1 cup of ground nuts.
• Cookies should also be chopped very finely.
• Combine crumbs, chopped nuts and sugar, and mix thoroughly; drizzle with melted butter and mix lightly.
• Press onto bottom and 1 1/2 inches up side of springform pan.
• Proceed with your favorite cheesecake recipe.
• Note 1: Requires about 25 vanilla wafers to make 3/4 cups crumbs.
• Note 2: Any type of dry, unfilled, unfrosted cookies may be used instead of vanilla wafers.

GLUTEN FREE CHEESECAKE CRUST

Steps:

• For crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees; combine all ingredients, mix well. Firmly press onto bottom and sides of ungreased 9 inch springform pan about 1 1/2 inches high. Bake in oven for about 18 minutes or til golden brown; let cool. For filling: combine cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice, mixing at medium speed with electic mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in sour cream. Pour into prepared crust. Bake in 350 degree oven for about 50 minutes. For topping: combine all ingreidents; mix well Spread over baked cheesecake. Continue baking at 350 for about 10 minutes. Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim. Chill before serving.

PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE IN NUT CRUST

Steps:

• For the crust, mix nuts with sugar, egg white, ginger and rind just until mixture is bound together. Press into bottom and a little up the sides of 10-inch spring-form pan.
• For the filling, lightly beat eggs and yolks; add softened cream cheese and sugar and beat until thoroughly mixed.
• Beat in cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice, lemon rind and cornstarch or flour. Beat in cream, vanilla and pumpkin.
• Pour into nut crust. Place pan of hot water in bottom of oven to keep cake from cracking. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Reduce heat to 275 degrees and bake 50 to 60 minutes longer. When done, the cheesecake will look set, but the center might still be jiggly. It will set as it cools.
• Turn off heat and allow cake to cool in oven overnight, about eight hours. Then chill.
• Remove spring-form before serving and decorate cake with coarsely grated rind.

PECAN NUT CRUST

Steps:

• Stir together ground nuts, cinnamon, and sugar. Mix in melted butter.
• Press the mixture into the bottom and up the sides of a 9 inch, deep-dish style, pie pan. Chill the unbaked crust in the refrigerator for about 30 to 45 minutes.
• Place pie crust on a cookie sheet, and position on the middle rack of a preheated 350 degree F (175 degree C) oven. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. WATCH it carefully, as nut crusts burn easily; they DON'T have to turn black to taste burnt! Cool completely before filling.

NUT CRUST

Steps:

• Chop walnuts or pecans (I did mine in the blender).
• Melt butter and mix with the nuts in a pie plate.
• Add sugar and salt and pat into bottom of pie pan.
• Oila! Cooking is done, and you're ready to fill your crust.