Chocolate-Amaretto Cheesecake (Make Ahead)

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Title: Chocolate-Amaretto Cheesecake (Make Ahead)
Categories: Chocolate, Cheesecakes, Cakes
Yield: 1 servings

-you can substitute an
8 Inch pan for this cheesecake
-recipe, if desired.
-the larger cheesecake will
-require only 45 to 50
-minutes baking time.

6 chocolate wafers, finely crushed
1 1/2 cups light process cream cheese product 1 cup sugar
1 cup 1% low-fat cottage cheese
1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup amaretto
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg
2 tbsp semisweet chocolate mini-morsels chocolate curls

Sprinkle chocolate wafer crumbs in bottom of a 7-inch springform pan.
Set aside. Position knife blade in food processor bowl; add cream
cheese and next 7 ingredients, processing until smooth. Add egg and
process just until blended. Fold in chocolate morsels.

Slowly pour mixture over crumbs in pan. Bake at 300 for 65 to 70
minutes or until cheesecake is set. Let cool in pan on wire rack.
Cover and chill at least 8 hours. Remove sides of pan, and transfer
cheesecake to serving platter. Garnish with chocolate curls, if
desired. Yield: 12 servings (about 200 calories per serving).

CHOCOLATE MINT CHEESECAKE: Substitute 1/4 cup creme de menth
for amaretto. Yield: 12 servings (about 197 calories per
serving).

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