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Justin Taylor

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs, Grains		Cheesecake	15	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Chocolate wafer cookies; crushed
2	tb	Margarine; melted
32	oz	Cream cheese; softened and divided
1	c	Sugar
3		Whole eggs
1	c	Sour cream
1	ts	Vanilla
6	oz	Chocolate chips; melted and cooled
1/3	c	Raspberry jelly; seedless
6	oz	Chocolate chips
1	c	Whipping cream

INSTRUCTIONS

TOPPING
Combine crumbs and margarine; press onto bottom of 9" springform pan.
Combine 3 packages cream cheese and the sugar, mixing at meding speed until
well blended. Add eggs slowly. Blend in sour cream and vanilla; pour over
crust. Combine remaining cream cheese and the melted chocolate, mixing at
medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. Add preserves; mix well.
Drop rounded tablespoons of chocolate cream cheese batter over plain
batter; do not swirl. Bake at 325F for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Loosen cake
from rim of pan. Prepare Topping: Melt chocolate chips and whipping cream
over low heat, stirring until smooth. Spread over cheesecake. Chill.
Garnish with whipped topping, raspberries and mint leaves.
Per serving: 572 Calories; 42g Fat (63% calories from fat); 8g Protein; 47g
Carbohydrate; 132mg Cholesterol; 318mg Sodium
Recipe by: Judy Morath of Foodwine/tpogue@idsonline.com
Posted to FOODWINE Digest  by Terry Pogue <tpogue@IDSONLINE.COM> on Dec 7,
1997

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