Caramel Macchiato Cheesecake

Ingredients:
2 cups Good Culture Simply 2% cottage cheese
2 packages organic cream cheese
1 cup organic raw cane sugar
3 eggs
2 tablespoon caramel sauce
1 tablespoon espresso powder
Graham cracker crust:
6 tablespoons butter, melted
220 grams of graham crackers (8 oz package)
2 tablespoons sugar
Directions:
Crush graham crackers into fine crumbs (I use the food processor but you could also crush with a rolling pin in a large sealed sandwich bag).
Add melted butter and sugar to graham cracker crumbs. Pulse in the food processor until well combined (or stir in a bowl until well combined).
Press graham cracker crumbs into a 9 inch springform pan.
Bake the crust 350F for 10 minutes,
Once crust is done, turn oven down to 325F
Add Good Culture Simply 2% Cottage Cheese, cream cheese and sugar to blender. Blend on high until well combined and all the mixture is smooth.
Add eggs, caramel sauce and espresso powder to cottage cheese mixture and blend again just until well combined.
Pour the cheesecake batter into the springform pan with the graham cracker crust.
Before adding cheesecake to the oven, add a pan with about 1-2 cups of water (this creates steam in the oven which helps keep the cheesecake from cracking)
Add cheesecake to the oven on a baking sheet. Bake at 325 for 1 hour 20 minutes. Allow to cool 1 hour on the counter before moving to the fridge to cool.
Serve with caramel drizzle and whipped cream.