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Receta Creamy Cheesecake with Caramel Sauce and Biscoff Cookie Crust - Pressure Cooker Style, in 15 minutes!
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Now that summer is under way-- and rapidly coming to a close-- I think about people who lives in climates where it gets really HOT. Where I live, I'm happiest when our average temperature hit 75 degrees. I have friends and family who live in Texas, Missouri, Rhode Island and parts of Arizona. I cannot fathom what it's like to live in triple-digit weather, nor do I understand what it's like to experience sticky humidity!
So, once again, I can give one more reason that owning a pressure cooker can be a life saver when it's too hot to bake. I tested this theory by "baking" my first dessert in my electric pressure cooker. Making a cheesecake seemed like the perfect choice to start with. I've made many cheesecakes over the years.…
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