New Recipe

This past Wednesday night we had our Sunday school Christmas party at our home and I made my first cheesecake ever! It was actually really good so I want to share with the rest of you.


Eggnog Cheesecake

• 12oz gingersnaps (about 48 cookies), finely crushed
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 4 packages of 8-ounce 1/3-less fat cream cheese (32 ounces total)
• 4 large eggs
• 2 cups eggnog
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• Garnish: freshly grated nutmeg

1. Stir together crushed gingersnaps, sugar, and butter in a large bowl. Press mixture onto bottom of a 10-inch springform pan. (I used a 9x13 casserole dish instead and it was good!)

2. Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth; add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Add 1 1/2 cups eggnog (leave 1/2 eggnog for topping), and beat until blended. Fold in powdered sugar and flour. Carefully pour cream cheese mixture into prepared pan.

3. Bake at 325 for 1 hour. Turn off oven and let cheesecake stand in oven with door closed for 1 hour. Remove and let cool completely. Cover and chill for at least 8 hours.

4. Topping: Beat whipping cream at high speeds with an electric mixture until stiff peaks form; fold in remaining 1/2 cup eggnog. Spread mixture evenly over the top of chilled cheesecake. Sprinkle freshly grated nutmeg on top, if desired.

I thought the gingersnap crust was good, but Josh's critique was that next time I should do a graham cracker crust. He ALWAYS has "helpful" information when it comes to cooking :) "Ape this is great BUT it could use a little of this and a dash of that...I'm just trying to help!" Anyway, everyone should try making this cheesecake for your family!

We only have 5 more days til' Christmas! I still have not finished getting gifts for the fam, talk about procrastination! Josh is actually already out this morning trying to find his Dad and his brothers the perfect gift. I just have my Dad left and I think I have an idea of what to give him. Lori is visiting us this week and it has been nice having her here (minus the snot rags). She got here Wednesday afternoon and will be leaving next Wednesday. Lori has really bad allergies and her nose has been running non-stop so there are snot rags EVERYWHERE!!! For those of you who know my sister, you know what I'm talking about....She walks around with a wad of tissue up each nostril and when she changes them out, instead of throwing them away, she puts them on the coffee table. Gross I know! Lori also has what I call "college" style eating habits. We had a bag of chocolate candy that has slowly disappeared over the past few days. An entire bag of ruffle chips are gone...she ate that in two days by herself! I was going to make her a sandwich for lunch yesterday but she went to Sonic instead. She had to go to Kroger to buy herself some "snacks" since we don't have anything for her to eat. How in the world does she stay soooo skinny is my question! Nonetheless I love having her visit :) I'm waiting on her to wake up for the day of activities I have planned for us to do. We are going to find Dad a gift, take Koen to the dog park, maybe go to the mall...the day is still young!