Nancy’s Best Chocolate Cheesecake

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy		Choco3	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Sifted flour
1/4	c	Granulated sugar
1/2	c	Butter, very soft
		semi-melted
1		Egg yolk, lightly beaten
1/4	t	Vanilla
3		8 oz pkg. cream cheese
		softened
1 1/2	c	Sugar
2	T	Flour
1/8	t	Salt
4		Eggs, lightly beaten
4	oz	Semisweet chocolate, melted
1/4	c	Sour cream
1	t	Vanilla
		Squares semi-sweet chocolate
		tb Butter. Drizzle in

INSTRUCTIONS

~---------------------TOP---------------------------  :          Design
on to cheesecake.  :          -- Chill till trim  :          -- sets.
Makes  :          Store in frigerator.  Combine dry ingredients and cut
in butter until well mixed. Add egg  yolk and vanilla and blend
thoroughly.  Dust fingers with flour and pat dough onto bottom and
about 1" up on  sides of 10" cheesecake pan. (I use 10" Kaiser
springform pan with  non-stick finish.)  Filling: Beat cream cheese in
large mixer bowl until smooth and  creamy. Combine dry ingredients;
stir into cream cheese mixture. Add  eggs and beat just until combined
(do not overbeat). Stir in the  chocolate, sour cream and vanilla,
mixing until combined. Pour into  crust-lined pan.  Bake in 325 degrees
for 60-70 minutes or until center appears set or  cracks. Remove from
oven and cool 15 minutes. Run spatula around edge  of pan to loosen
cheesecake. Cool 30 minutes more. Remove sides of  pan, cover and chill
at least 2 hours.  Top: Melt semisweet chocolate and butter. Drizzle in
lattice design  on top cheesecake. Chill till trim sets. Makes 12
servings. Store in  refrigerator.  Note: The crust can be used for any
cheesecake; if it's used on a New  York-style or plain cheesecake, I
add 1 tsp. grated orange or lemon  zest. Also, a chocolate crust can be
used for the above filling: 1  1/2 C. finely crushed chocolate wafers
mixed with 6 T. melted butter.  Mix and pat into pan.  Recipe by:
<NDooley@president-po.president.uiowa.edu >  Posted to CHILE-HEADS
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 6559 Calories From Fat: 3722 Total Fat: 429.2g Cholesterol: 1946.5mg Sodium: 2857mg Potassium: 1506.7mg Carbohydrates: 633.1g Fiber: 17.2g Sugar: 375.1g Protein: 94.3g