Rum Raisin Cheesecake

Answer 1

Ingredients

• 1 cup dried raisins
• 1 cup light or dark brown sugar (packed)
• 1 cup water or milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening or butter
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon and ginger
• 2 cups sifted flour resifted with 1
• teaspoon baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup walnuts chopped
• Combine the raisins with sugar, water, shortening and spices and simmer for a m inute. Cool to room temperature.

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Lightly grease a 9inch square baking pan. Comb ine cooled raisin mixture with flour and nuts. Transfer to baking pan and bake 1 hour or until a toothpick when inserted in the center comes out dry. Cool in pan and cut into squares.

Answer 2

Ingredients

• 1 c Old Fashioned Oats, Uncooked
• 1/4 c Chopped Nuts
• 3 T Brown Sugar, Packed
• 3 T Margarine, Melted
• 16 oz Cream Cheese, Softened
• 1/3 c Granulated Sugar
• 1/4 c Unbleached All-purpose Flour
• 2 ea Large Eggs
• 1/2 c Sour Cream
• 3 T Rum
• 2 T Margarine
• 1/3 c Brown Sugar, Packed
• 1/3 c Raisins
• 1/4 c Chopped Nuts
• 2 T Old Fashioned Oats, Uncooked

Combine oats, nuts, brown sugar and margarine; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 350 degrees F., 15 minutes. Combine cream cheese, granulated sugar and 2 T flour, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in sour cream and rum; mix well. Pour over crust. Cut margarine into combined remaining flour and brown sugar until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in raisins, nuts and oats. Sprinkle over cream cheese mixture. Bake at 350 degrees F., 50 minutes. Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan.