Ingredients
CRUST
1 cup chocolate wafer cookies --
1 crumbled
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
3 tbsp butter or margarine --
1 melted
FILLING
32 oz cream cheese -- softened
3/4 cup sugar
4 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
2 tbsp orange-flavored liqueur
1/2 tsp orange peel -- grated
Directions
Heat oven to 325 F.
Mix crumbs, cinnamon, and butter. Press onto bottom of 9-inch
springform pan.
Bake 10 minutes.
Increase oven temperature to 350 F.
Beat cream cheese and sugar at medium speed with electric mixer until
well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each
addition. Blend in sour cream and vanilla.
Separate batter into 2 equal parts. Blend chocolate into one part.
Blend liqueur and peel into remaining part. Pour chocolate batter
over crust. Bake 30 minutes.
Reduce oven temperatue to 325 F.
Spoon remaining batter over chocolate layer. Continue baking another
30 minutes. Turn off oven and prop open oven door; remove cheesecake
when oven has cooled. Loosen cake from rim of pan.
I think cheesecake in general is best when chilled over night, but it
is not necessary.
(*) I've just recently found Oreo Cookie crumbs in a box. A great
time saver for the lazy.
Janet Morrissey "Mostly Harmless" morrissey@stsci.edu
Recipe By : morrissey@stsci.edu
Servings: 1 servings
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