Recipe: Maple Pear Cheesecake

From Martha Stewart, of course

Please accept my apologies for being obsessed with sugar this week. Last year while pregnant, my no-sugar stance was really hard on me during the holidays. This year, I’m free, free, free! (Well, not really in terms of the weight I want to lose, but at least now I can moderately indulge.)

For the past couple years, I’ve gone to friends’ house for Thanksgiving dinner. Last year, a woman made the most delicious maple pear cheesecake. I can’t really attest to its deliciousness, but people were seriously swooning over it (and not just in that I’m-trying-to-be-polite-by-telling-you-this-is-good way).

So this year, I’m all about making the Maple Pear Cheesecake. Actually, it seems pretty lame to replicate a recipe that someone else brought to the same function the year before, so perhaps I’ll wait for another occasion. Or maybe not. (Incidentally, I just ran into the woman on a walk through the neighborhood, and she confirmed that she will not be attending the event this year.)

Maybe I’ll save the Maple Pear Cheesecake for a solstice party and instead make Kelsey’s chocolate cake (which is actually Molly’s chocolate cake). I’ve been meaning to make that, too. By the way, are you reading Kelsey’s blog? It’s really good!