Chocolate Cheesecake I

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Description

A chocolate lover’s delight! Top with cherry pie filling or sweetened strawberries.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • ⅓ cup melted butter
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ cup sour cream (Optional)
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ½ cup sour cream (Optional)

Instructions

  1. Prepare crumb crust by combining cracker or wafer crumbs
  2. butter or margarine
  3. and 2 tablespoons sugar. Press mixture into bottom and 2 inches up sides of a 9 inch springform pan. Refrigerate.
  4. Melt chocolate chips in top of a double boiler over hot water. Set aside.
  5. Beat cream cheese and 1 cup sugar in a large mixing bowl until smooth and creamy. Blend in eggs. Gradually pour in chocolate mixture beating on low speed until well-blended. Add 1/2 cup sour cream
  6. flour
  7. vanilla. Blend until smooth. Pour into prepared crust.
  8. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 55 – 60 minutes or until filling is firm. Turn oven off. Cool cheesecake 1 hour without opening door. Cool completely. Chill several hours or over night. Garnish just before serving with sweetened sour cream made by combining 1 tablespoon sugar with 1/2 cup sour cream.

Servings: 12

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