Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake
- Ready In:
- 6hrs 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
16
ingredients
-
Crust
- 2 cups chocolate cookie crumbs
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
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Filling
- 4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 3 eggs
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1⁄2 cup whipping cream
- 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
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Glaze
- 1⁄2 cup whipping cream
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (6 oz)
directions
- Heat oven to 325°F In medium bowl, combine crust ingredients; mix well. Press in bottom and 1 inch up sides of ungreased 10 inch springform pan.
- In large bowl, beat cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in sugar and almond extract until smooth. Add 1/2 cup whipping cream; blend well.
- Spoon 3 1/2 cups cream cheese mixture iunto crust-lined pan, spreading evenly. Carefully spoon 1 cup pie filling evenly over cream cheese layer (reserve reamining pie filling for topping). Spoon remaining cram cheese mixture evenly over pie filling.
- Bake 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes
- or until center is set. Cool in pan on cooling rack 1 hour.
- In 1 quart saucepan, heat 1/2 cup whipping cream to boiling over medium-high heat. Remove from heat. Stir in chocolate chips until melted.
- Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Remove side of pan. Place cheesecake on paper-lined cookie sheet. Spread glaze over colled cheesecake, allowing some to flow down side. refrigerate at least 3 hours or overnight. Served topped with remaining pie fillings.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
shawnajean
United States
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