Rumchata Cheesecake

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325° and grease an 8" or 9" springform pan with cooking spray. Make crust: In a large bowl, stir graham cracker crumbs, butter, sugar, cinnamon, and salt until combined. Press into the bottom of the prepared pan and up the sides. Set aside.

Step 2

In a large bowl using a hand mixer (or in the bowl of a stand mixer), beat cream cheese with sugars until no lumps remain. Add eggs, one at a time, then stir in vanilla and RumChata. Add cornstarch, cinnamon, and salt and beat until combined. Pour mixture over crust.

Step 3

Wrap bottom of pan in aluminum foil and place in a large roasting pan. Pour in enough boiling water to come up halfway in the baking pan. Bake until center of cheesecake only slightly jiggles, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Turn off the heat, prop open oven door, and let cheesecake cool in oven, 1 hour. Remove foil and refrigerate cheesecake for at least 5 hours and up to overnight.

Step 4

Spread Cool Whip on top of cheesecake in a thick layer, then sprinkle all over with cinnamon sugar. Pipe more Cool Whip around the edges of cheesecake, then drizzle piped Cool Whip with caramel.