101 Cheesecake Recipes

The Best Cheesecake Recipes

1 Cup Chocolate Wafers -- Finely Crushed
1 Cup Peanut Butter Cookies, Crisp -- Finely Crushed
1/4 Cup Penauts -- Finely Chopped
1/2 Cup Margarine -- Melted
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3 8 oz. Cream Cheese -- Softened
2/3 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Tablespoon Cornstarch
1 Cup Semisweet chocoalte Chips -- Melted
3/4 Cup Peanut Butter
5 Eggs
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
2/3 Cup Peanuts -- Chopped
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8 Ounces White Chocolate -- Coarsely chopped
2 Tablespoons Peanut Butter
1 Ounce Semisweet Chocolate -- Melted

1. In a medium bowl, stir together the chocolate wafers, peanut butter
   cookies and peanuts. Add melted butter and stir until well combined.
   Press mixture evenly onto the bottom and up the sides of a 9 "
   springform pan. Set aside.
   
   
2. In a large bowl combine cream cheese, brown sugar and cornstarch. Beat
   with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in the melted choclate chips
   and peanut butter. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each
   addition. Beat in vanilla. Stir in chopped peanuts. Pour mixture over
   the crust.
   
   
3. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Lower the temperature to 225 and bake for 1
   hour and 10 minutes or until the center no longer looks wet or shiny.
   Remove the cake from the oven and run a knfie around the inside edge of
   the pan. Turn the oven off and return the cake to the oven for an
   additional 30 minutes. Cool to room temperature then chill, uncovered
   overnight. THe next day, make the topping and put on cake.
   
   
4. Topping: in a small saucepan melt white chocolate and peanut butter over
   low heat , stirring constantly. Cool to lukewarm. Pour peanut butter
   mixture over the cheesecake. Drizzle parallel strip of the melted
   semisweet chocolate over the peanut butter mixture. Using a knife, draw
   the dull side the tip across the chocolate. Chill until serving time.

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