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Chocolate-Lover's Cheesecake
1 1/2 cups finely crushed chocolate wafers
6 tblsp butter, melted
3 8-oz package cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tblsp all purpose flour
1/8 tsp salt
4 eggs
4 squares (4 ounces) semisweet chocolate, melted
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 square (1 ounce) semisweet chocolate
1 tsp butter
For crust, in a bowl combine chocolate wafer crumbs and melted butter.
Press crumb mixture firmly on bottom and 1 3/4 inches up sides of a
9-inch springform pan.
For filling, in a large mixer bowl beat cream cheese till creamy.
Combine sugar, flour and salt; stir into the cream cheese mixture. Add
eggs all at once. Beat just till combined. DO NOT OVERBEAT. Stir in
the 4 squares melted chocolate, moik and vanilla till combined. Turn
into crumb-lined pan.
Bake in a 325 oven for 60 minutes or till center appears set. Remove
from oven; cool 15 minutes. Loosen sides of pan. Cover and chill at
least 2 hours.
In a small saucepan over low heat melt the 1 square semisweet chocolate
and butter. Drizzle in lattice design atop cheesecake. Chill till
chocolate is set.
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