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Chocolate Cheesecake

Source of Recipe

Supreme Court Cafe


List of Ingredients

Graham Cracker Crust---

1 1/2 cups graham crackers or Oreo crumbs
4 ounces vegetable shortening
3 ounces sugar
3 ounces brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla


Filling---

1 1/2 pounds cream cheese
1/2 cup flour
1 5/8 cups sugar
7 ounces sour cream
12 eggs
6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate




Recipe

Soften cream cheese in mixer. Add flour and sugar; mix and scrape down. Add sour cream; mix and scrape bowl again. Add eggs a little at a time, mixing and scraping down bowl, until eggs are gone. Melt chocolate and gradually add cheesecake mixture to chocolate.


Grease a 10-inch pan and fill bottom with graham cracker crumb mixture. Bake in a water bath (place pan in a larger pan. Fill larger pan with hot water that will come 3/4 of the way up the sides of the 10-inch pan.) Bake at 325 degrees for 60 to 75 minutes or until cheesecake is firm to the touch.


Do not overbake.

YIELD: 16 Servings