Name: Eli's Turtle Cheesecake
Ingredients: 1 tb Butter; 1 pk Nabisco Famous chocolate wafers (9 oz), fine crushed; 3 tb Chopped walnuts; 1/3 c Unsalted butter, melted; 1 1/2 lb Cream cheese; room temp; 1/2 c Dark brown sugar; packed; 1/3 c Granulated sugar; 1 tb Flour; 1/4 ts Salt; 2 ts Vanilla; 3 Eggs; 1 Egg yolk; 1/4 c Heavy cream; 5 Turtle candies; (Nestle or Fannie May Pixies), chopped; 1/2 c Heavy cream; 1 tb Sugar; 1 tb Butter; 8 oz Milk chocolate chips; Pecan halves or pieces

As Christian hedonist preachers we know that every listener longs for happiness. And we will never tell them to deny or repress that desire. Their problem is not that they want to be satisfied but that they are far too easily satisfied. We will instruct them how to glut their soul-hunger on the grace of God. We will paint God’s glory in lavish reds and yellows and blues, and hell we will paint with smoky shadows of gray and charcoal. We will labor to wean them off the milk of the word onto the rich fare of God’s grace and glory. We will bend all our effort, by the Holy Spirit, to persuade our people: 1. That “the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt” (Heb. 11:26). 2. That they can be happier in giving than receiving (Acts 20:35). 3. That they should count everything as loss for the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus their Lord (Phil. 3:8). 4. That the aim of all of Jesus’ commandments is that their joy might be full (John 15:11). 5. That if they delight themselves in the Lord He will give them the desires of their heart (Ps. 37:4). 6. That there is great gain in godliness with contentment (1 Tim. 6:6). 7. That the joy of the Lord is their strength (Neh. 8:11). We will not try to motivate their ministry by Kantian appeals to mere duty. We will tell them that delight in God is their highest duty. But we will remind them that Jesus endured the cross for the joy that was set before Him (Heb. 12:2), and that Hudson Taylor, at the end of a life full of suffering and trial, said, ‘I never made a sacrifice.”

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Grains, Eggs	Chicago	Cheesecake	14	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	tb	Butter
1	pk	Nabisco Famous chocolate wafers (9 oz), fine crushed
3	tb	Chopped walnuts
1/3	c	Unsalted butter, melted
1 1/2	lb	Cream cheese; room temp
1/2	c	Dark brown sugar; packed
1/3	c	Granulated sugar
1	tb	Flour
1/4	ts	Salt
2	ts	Vanilla
3		Eggs
1		Egg yolk
1/4	c	Heavy cream
5		Turtle candies; (Nestle or Fannie May Pixies), chopped
1/2	c	Heavy cream
1	tb	Sugar
1	tb	Butter
8	oz	Milk chocolate chips
		Pecan halves or pieces

INSTRUCTIONS

CHOCOLATE WALNUT CRUMB CRUST
FILLING
MILK CHOCOLATE GANACHE
GARNISH
Prepare the crust:
1. Coat the bottom and sides of a 9-inch springform pan with 1
tablespoon butter.
2. Combine cookie crumbs, nuts and melted butter in a medium bowl.
Toss until butter is absorbed. Press crumb mixture on the bottom and
sides of pan. Refrigerate until firm, about 10 minutes.
Prepare the filling:
3. In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, brown sugar, granulated
sugar, flour and salt with an electric mixer at medium speed until
free of lumps. Mix in vanilla. Beat in eggs and yolk, one at a time,
and continue beating until batter is smooth. Stir in cream and
candies. Pour filling into crust.
4. Bake on the middle shelf in a preheated 325-degree oven until
cheesecake is fairly firm to touch (center will jiggle slightly when
pan is tapped), about 40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack, then
refrigerate at least 6 hours.
5. Remove cheesecake from pan and decorate as desired. Diana Moles of
Eli's research and development staff suggests drizzling the cake with
milk chocolate ganache, or drizzling with Smucker's Magic Shell
chocolate topping or a prepared caramel sauce (at room temperature)
and then sprinkling pecan halves or pieces on top. Refrigerate until
time to serve.
Milk Chocolate Ganache:
Combine cream, sugar and butter in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer over
medium heat (do not let boil). Add chocolate chips. Whisk until
melted and thoroughly blended. Let cool. Drizzle ganache over cake
with a pastry bag or a spoon.
Served at the Chicago 1996 Democratic National Convention.
Source: Chicago Sun Times, August 21, 1996
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #231
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 21:59:29 +0000
From: Linda Place <placel@worldnet.att.net>

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