Place an oven safe pan of water in the oven on the shelf below where you will be cooking the cheesecake shortly. This will help to prevent the top of cheesecake from cracking.
Preheat oven to 325°F.
In a medium bowl, add cookie crumbs and melted butter. Mix well.
Turn mixture out into a 9 1/2-inch springform pan. Press mixture into bottom and part way up side. Set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine softened cream cheese and sugar. Beat until smooth.
Beat in eggs, one at a time.
Add vanilla and whipping cream. Beat on medium speed 5 minutes.
Turn 1/2 cheese mixture into crumb-lined pan.
Drizzle evenly with 1/2 of caramel topping.
Top with remaining cheese mixture, spreading evenly over all. Sprinkle with pecans.
Drizzle remaining caramel topping evenly over pecans.
Place pan in preheated oven. Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes or until cheesecake is almost set in center.
While cheesecake is cooking, prepare Cheesecake Factory Caramel Pecan Turtle Cheesecake Ganache Topping according to the recipe in the Box below. Set aside.
Remove done cake from oven and cool to room temperature.
Spread prepared Cheesecake Factory Caramel Pecan Turtle Cheesecake Ganache Topping evenly over top of cake.
Refrigerate several hours or overnight before serving.