Caramel-Pecan Cheesecake Pie

image from Taste of Home

I spent most of my childhood thinking pecan pies were disgusting, right up there on my list with mincemeat pie (whatever that is). The trouble is, my husband LOVES pecan pie. He often goes to the grocery store for a treat for us a returns with a pecan pie. Yuck. He's brainwashed my kids into liking them... but it has to be a darn good pecan pie for me to be able to enjoy it. Two Thanksgivings ago I was introduced to my brother-in-law's mom's (did you follow that?) pecan pie recipe. It's actually very tasty, but still not the top of my dessert list. So when my current issue of Taste of Home magazine showed up and I saw this recipe for Caramel-Pecan Cheesecake Pie I immediately added it to my very long mental list of dessert recipes to try. Where can we go wrong? My husband loves pecans, caramel, cheesecake and pie. I love caramel, cheesecake and am okay with pecans and pie. Hooray! It turned out fabulous... although not as great looking as the professional picture.