Al Copeland’s Favorite Cheesecake – Garden & Gun

Ingredients

• ½ cup Bisquick biscuit mix
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1 cup pecan pieces
• ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 ½ tbsp. pure vanilla extract, preferably Ronald Reginald’s Melipone brand
• 5 (8-oz.) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 lb. non-dairy whipped topping, such as Cool Whip (about 6 cups)