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    Chocolate-Praline Cheesecake


    Source of Recipe


    billk54 at rc

    List of Ingredients





    1 c. pecans, finely chopped
    3 T. butter or margarine
    2 pkgs. cream cheese, softened
    1 c. packed light brown sugar
    1/3 cup Hershey's cocoa
    3 eggs
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    Chocolate Crust (recipe below)
    Sweetened whipped cream

    Recipe




    In medium skillet, melt butter; add chopped pecans. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, just until golden. Spoon pecans onto paper towels to drain.

    Heat oven to 400 degrees. In large mixer bowl, beat cream cheese and brown sugar until well blended. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. Stir in pecans. Pour into prepared Chocolate Crust.

    Bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees; continue baking 45 minutes.

    Refrigerate at least 6 hours. Garnish with whipped cream and serve.

    Chocolate Crust: Heat oven to 350 degrees. In medium bowl, stir together 1 c. vanilla wafer crumbs, 1/4 c. Hershey's cocoa, and 1/4 c. powdered sugar. Add 1/4 c. melted butter; blend well. Press mixture onto bottom and 1 inch up side of 9-inch springform pan. Bake 8 minutes. Cool slightly.


 

 

 


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