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    Hot Fudge Cheesecake


    Source of Recipe


    Dottie

    List of Ingredients





    1 cup crushed saltine crackers
    1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
    1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
    3 tablespoons sugar
    6 (1-ounce) squares semisweet chocolate
    3/4 cup butter or margarine
    1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
    3/4 cup sugar
    3 large eggs
    Hot Fudge Sauce
    Garnish: fresh mint sprigs

    Recipe





    Combine first 4 ingredients; stir well. Firmly press onto bottom and 2 1/2" up sides of a lightly greased 7" springform pan. Bake at 350° for 8 minutes. Remove to a wire rack; let cool. Reduce oven temperature to 300°.
    Combine chocolate squares and 3/4 cup butter in a heavy saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat until mixture is melted and smooth, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and let cool.

    Beat cream cheese at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy. Add 3/4 cup sugar; beat well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in cooled chocolate mixture. Pour into prepared crust.

    Bake at 300° for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until almost set. Turn oven off. Let cheesecake cool in oven 30 minutes. Remove to a wire rack; let cool to room temperature.

 

 

 


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