Name: Chocolate Cheesecake
Yield: Serves 12-16
Cuisine: Cakes and Frostings, Pies and Pastries
Ingredients: 24 chocolate icebox cookies or graham crackers, crushed; 1/4 cup melted butter; 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon; 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate; 1-1/2 pounds softened cream cheese; 1 cup sugar; 2 eggs; 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1-1/2 cups sour cream

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Chocolate lovers will call this intense - and it may be rated as your number one favorite. –The highland House, Londonderry, Vermont

S. Perreault

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S. Perreault

Crust:

Ingredients

24 chocolate icebox cookies or graham crackers, crushed

1/4 cup melted butter

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

Mix together cookie crumbs, melted butter, and cinnamon and press into 8-inch springform pan. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Filling:

Ingredients

12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate

1-1/2 pounds softened cream cheese

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa

1 teaspoon vanilla

1-1/2 cups sour cream

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Melt semi-sweet chocolate in double boiler and then let cool. In a bowl beat the cream cheese until smooth. Then beat in sugar, the eggs, 1 at a time, melted chocolate, cocoa, and vanilla. With a rubber spatula fold in the sour cream until thoroughly mixed. Pour into pan and bake 50-60 minutes or more. Cool at room temperature for 1 hour and then refrigerate for 3-4 hours.