Ingredients
Gingersnap crust
- 120 grams gingersnaps about 1 cup crushed
- 2 T butter melted
- 1 T brown sugar
- 1/8 t cinnamon
- 2 T flour
Eggnog cheesecake filling
- 16 oz cream cheese room temp.
- 2 large eggs room temp.
- 1/2 cup eggnog
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 T corn starch
- 1/2 t rum extract
- 1/2 t cinnamon
- 1/4 t nutmeg
- pinch of salt
Sweet whipped cream
- 1/4 cup cream
- 1/2 T powdered sugar
Method
Gingersnap crust:
- Combine crushed gingersnaps, brown sugar, flour and cinnamon. Add melted butter. Using a fork, mix until dry ingredients are moist and will hold together. Press mixture into parchment-lined 7-inch springform or cheesecake pan. Set aside until cheesecake mixture is ready.
Eggnog cheesecake filling:
- Lightly beat cream cheese to break up. Add eggs, sugar, rum extract, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt and cornstarch. Beat only until combined - don't over mix.
- Scrap side of bowl.
- Add eggnog. Mix only enough to make batter smooth. Don't over mix.
- Pour eggnog mixture onto gingersnap crust.
- Carefully tap pan with mixture in it onto counter or table to release any large air bubbles.
- Place wire rack in bottom of Instant Pot. Add 1 cup cold water.
- Using a tinfoil sling, carefully lower cheesecake into Instant Pot. Secure lid and set pressure release to close.
- Cook cheesecake for 29 minutes using manual high pressure. When timer beeps turn Instant Pot off. Let cheesecake natural release (depressurize and cool without manually releasing pressure. This takes 10-20 minutes.
- Once pressure has released, open lid carefully without dripping condensation from lid on cheesecake.
- Gently dab top of cheesecake with a paper towel to remove liquid that may be on the surface.
- Remove and set on wire rack to cool. Once it has cooled to room temperature, refrigerate for 2-4 hours. This will help it become firm.
- Pipe sweet whipped cream on top and sprinkle with cinnamon.
