Chocolate Chunk Cheesecake
(from saymyname’s recipe box)
Source: 2010 Christmas with Southern Living
Serves 12 peopleCategories: Cheesecake, Dessert
Ingredients
- 24 chocolate wafer cookies
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 2 (4 ounce) semisweet chocolate, baking bars divided
- 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup sour cream, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 5 large eggs
- 1 (11 1/2 ounce) package chocolate chunks, divided
- 3/4 cup whipping cream
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350°; process cookies and 2 T sugar in a food processor until cookies are coarsely crushed.
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With the processor running, pour butter through food chute; process until cookies are finely crushed.
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Press mixture firmly on bottom of a lightly greased 9-inch springform pan.
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Place springform pan in a shallow baking pan.
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Bake for 10 minutes; let cool.
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Decrease oven temperature to 325°.
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Break 1 baking bar into squares and place in a microwave safe bowl; microwave on HIGH 1 minute; stir until smooth.
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Beat cream cheese, sour cream, and vanilla at low speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
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Gradually beat in melted chocolate; beat in 1 cup sugar and flour.
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Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
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Stir in 1 cup chocolate chunks.
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Pour batter into baked crust; sprinkle with remaining chocolate chunks.
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Bake for 1 hour until set.
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Remove cheesecake from oven; gently run a knife around outer edge of cheesecake to loosen from sides of pan; cool completely on wire rack.
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Cover and chill 8 hours.
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Remove sides and bottom of pan; place cheesecake on a serving plate.
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Chop remaining 1 1/2 baking bars and place in a microwave-safe bowl; add whipping cream, and microwave on HIGH 1 minute.
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Stir until blended and smooth; let stand 5 minutes.
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Pour ganache over chilled cheesecake; allowing ganache to spill over edges of cheesecake; smooth ganache with an offset spatula.
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Chill at least 1 hour before serving.