Ingredients

  • Gingerbread Cheesecake
  • 1-3/4 qt. gingersnaps, finely crushed
  • 1-3/4 cups unsalted butter, melted
  • 4 tubs PHILADELPHIA Cheesecake Batter, slacked for 1 hour
  • 2-2/3 Tbsp. ground ginger
  • 1 tsp. ground cloves
  • 2-2/3 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
  • Orange Sauce
  • 1 qt. water, divided
  • 2 Tbsp. cornstarch
  • 1-1/2 cups frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
  • 4 each vanilla beans, scraped
  • 2 qt. navel oranges, cut into supremes King Sooper's 1 lb For $0.99 thru 02/09

Method

  • Gingerbread Cheesecake: Combine cookie crumbs and butter; press onto bottoms of 4 (9-inch) springform pans (or onto bottom of 1 springform pan for trial recipe).
  • Bake in 325 degrees F standard oven 10 min.
  • ; cool.
  • Add 2 tsp.
  • each cinnamon and ginger, and 1/4 tsp.
  • cloves to cheesecake batter in each tub; mix well.
  • Pour 1 tub batter over each crust.
  • Bake as directed on cheesecake tub; cool completely.
  • Refrigerate several hours or until chilled.
  • Cut each cheesecake into 12 slices.
  • Orange Sauce for each Cheesecake: Mix 1/4 cup (2 oz.)
  • water and cornstarch.
  • Add 7 oz.
  • water, 6 Tbsp.
  • orange juice concentrate, 1/2 cup sugar, 1-1/2 tsp.
  • butter and seeds from 1 vanilla bean to small saucepan; bring just to boil on medium heat.
  • Reduce heat to medium-low.
  • Add cornstarch slurry; whisk 1 min.
  • Remove from heat.
  • Stir in oranges; cool..
  • For each serving: Top 1 Cheesecake slice with 1/4 cup Orange Sauce.