Sweet Potato Bourbon Cheesecake
Beautiful cheesecake, perfect for the holidays! Our Sweet Potato Bourbon Cheesecake features a gingersnap cookie crust and a rich sweet potato and bourbon whiskey filling.
Ingredients
Crust Ingredients
- 3/4 cup gingersnap cookie crumbs
- 1 1/2 tbs. butter or margarine melted
- 2 tbs. sugar
Filling Ingredients
- 1 15 oz. can Bruce’s Yams Cut Sweet Potatoes, drained
- 2 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 dairy sour cream
- 3 tbs. flour all purpose
- 2 tbs. bourbon whiskey
- 1 tbs. vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 4 large eggs with yolks and whites separated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Mix together the crust ingredients in a bowl.
- Press the crust mixture into the bottom and up a half-inch side of a 9″ spring-form pan.
- Bake the crust for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool.
- Place the Bruce’s Yams Cut Sweet Potatoes, cream cheese, heavy cream, sugar, flour, bourbon, vanilla, salt and egg yolks in a large bowl. Beat until smooth.
- Put the egg whites in a separate bowl, and beat until stiff. Fold into the sweet potato mixture.
- Pour the batter into the prepared crust.
- Bake on the center rack for 75-85 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and cool to room temperature.
- Refrigerate until cold before serving.