“Sex with a Pineapple” Cheesecake
Ingredients
1.5 cups Graham Cracker (or Vanilla Wafer) Crumbs
.5 cup Flaked Coconut
3 Tbs Butter or Margarine (melted)
1 can (8oz) Crushed Pineapple
3 pkgs (8 oz ea) Cream Cheese (softened)
3 Eggs
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Dairy Sour Cream
3 Tbs Dark Rum (or light, pineapple or coconut rum)
2 tsp Coconut Extract
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 deg. In medium bowl, combine cookie crumbs, coconut flakes, and melted butter. Press into bottom and sides of 9-inch springform pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool.
Drain pineapple. In large bowl, beat cream cheese, eggs and sugar. Stir pineapple, sour cream, rum and coconut extract into cream cheese mixture. Pour into prepared crust. Bake in preheated oven for 50 – 55 minutes or until set. Cool to room temperature, refrigerate until chilled. Spread Pineapple Topping over cheesecake just before serving.
Ingredients/Directions for Pineapple Topping
In saucepan, combine 2o oz. (one can) undrained Crushed Pineapple, .5 cup sugar, 1 Tbs dark (or any light pineapple or coconut rum) and 1 Tbs cornstarch. Cook, stirring constantly until thickened and clear. Cool.
Sexy Sweet Potato Pecan Pie
Ingredients
1 (9-inch) Unbaked pastry shell
1 lb Sweet Potatoes (or Yams), cooked
¼ cup Margarine or butter, melted
1 (14 oz can) Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT EVAPORATED)
1 tsp Grated Orange Rind
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
.5 tsp Ground Nutmeg
2 each Eggs
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degs. In large mixer bowl, beat hot sweet potatoes with margarine until smooth. Add remaining ingredients…except pastry shell and Pecan Topping. Mix well. Pour into pastry shell. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven; spoon Pecan Topping evenly over top. Return to oven and bake 20 – 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool. Serve warm or chilled. Refrigerate leftovers
Pecan Topping Ingredients/Directions
In small mixer bowl, combine 1 egg, 3 Tbs dark corn syrup, 3 Tbs dark brown sugar, 1 Tbs margarine or butter (melted), and .5 tsp maple flavoring; mix well. Stir in 1 cup chopped pecans
**It is a good idea to place pies on cookie sheet while baking. Pecan Topping may spill over**
