This pretzel crusted cheesecake is a rich and creamy cheesecake topped with the best raspberry sauce. Its a classic cheesecake with a twist, and it is to die for!
There’s just something about a cold slice of fresh cheesecake that I can’t get over. I wouldn’t usually claim cheesecake as my favorite dessert, but then I dig into a slice of this cheesecake with an amazing sauce made from my favorite fruit on top, and lots of whipped cream. I mean, I just can’t get over how incredible this cheesecake is and I think you will love it too!
Cheesecake’s can be pretty intimidating to make, but somehow I made this one and it only had 1 or 2 teeny tiny cracks in it that you could hardly see, and that were so easily covered up with the raspberry sauce. And guess what, my friends, even if your cheesecake is bridled with cracks all over the top. Just add extra raspberry sauce and whipped cream and I promise no one will think otherwise. For some of my tips on how to get a cheesecake that doesn’t crack, read here, but if it does, seriously extra sauce and whipped cream is all you need.
This pretzel crusted cheesecake is inspired by one of my very favorite side dish (slash desserts) this raspberry pretzel jello salad. It’s an amazing dish, that has a crushed up pretzel crust, with a no bake cheesecake like filling and is topped with raspberries and raspberry jello. It’s the best side dish, and if you’re ever asked to bring jello salad to a party or potluck, I promise it’s the one you should make. That being said, now you know why I used it as inspiration for this cheesecake. I altered my blueberry cheesecake recipe to make this baby with the pretzel crust, and the raspberry sauce, without swirling it into the cheesecake.
We have a neighbor who’s favorite dessert is cheesecake and so I of course had to share this cheesecake with them. They said the raspberry sauce was so good they couldn’t believe it was homemade, and I quote “seriously one of the best cheesecakes we have ever had”. So that’s saying a lot, right? And I’ll be honest, I agree with them.
A sweet and salty crust with the pretzels. The creamiest and richest cheesecake. All topped with a sweet and tart, and amazing raspberry sauce. Plus I topped mine with homemade whipped cream, because for this kind of thing, you can’t use cool whip, am I right?
Who else wants to dig in to a slice right now?
- ¾ cup graham cracker crumbs (about 6 full crackers blended)
- ¾ cup pretzel crumbs (about 2.5 to 3 cups pretzels blended)
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 6 TBS melted butter
- 24 oz softened cream cheese
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- ½ TBS vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup fresh raspberries
- 2 TBS sugar
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- ½ TBS cornstarch
- ½ TBS warm water
- 2 cups whipped cream
- 1 cup additional raspberries
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Crush up your graham cracker pieces and pretzels in a blender or food processor till a nice crumb is formed.
- Mix the crumbs, melted butter and sugar together.
- Press into the bottom and slightly up the sides of a 9 in springform sprayed with nonstick spray.
- Wrap foil around the bottom of the pan and around the sides over the top.
- Bake for about 8 - 10 minutes. Allow to cool.
- Beat your cream cheese in a stand mixer till smooth.
- Add in the sugar and beat for 2-3 minutes.
- Add in the sour cream, vanilla extract and stir to combine.
- Add in the eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition till just blended.
- Pour the filling into the cooled crust.
- Place the pan into a large roasting pan, or deep cookie sheet filled with ½ to 1 inch of hot water.
- Bake for 65-75 minutes until the center is almost set, except for a couple inches in the middle.
- Open the oven door slightly and leave the cheesecake in there for 1 hour.
- Remove cheesecake from the oven and allow to cool to room temperature.
- Cover and place in the fridge overnight.
- When ready to serve, put the raspberries and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat.
- In a small bowl mix together the lemon juice, cornstarch and water.
- Add the cornstarch mixture to the raspberries, smashing the berries as you stir it together. Remove from heat as the mixture starts to thicken.
- Push berry mixture through a fine mesh strainer to separate the seeds. Discard the seeds.
- Carefully remove the cheesecake from the pan, and slice.
- Top each cheesecake slice with raspberry sauce, whipped cream and remaining berries desired.
And I hope you have a happy national cheesecake day – if you don’t make this amazing cheesecake, you should definitely try one of these:
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