Chocolate Cheesecake By Gordy
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There are Oreo cookie recipes, and then there are Oreo cookie cheesecake recipes...cheesecake being the operative word here! Gordy was my old college roommate, and now he is a professional chef. Make his recipe for this chocolate cheesecake, and you'll see why!
Notes
- For best results, wait 24 hours until serving to give the ingredients a chance to mellow.
- Serve with fresh whipped cream lightly dusted with cocoa powder.
Cooking Time1 hr 15 min
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pound cream cheese
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 5/8 cup sugar
- 7 ounces sour cream
- 12 eggs
- 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
- 1 1/2 cup graham crackers or Oreo crumbs
- 4 ounces vegetable shortening
- 3 ounces sugar
- 3 ounces brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325F degrees.
- 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.
- Combine the graham cracker or Oreo crumbs with the shortening, sugar, 3 ounces of sugar, and the brown sugar.
- Grease a 10-inch pan and fill bottom with crumb mixture; pat into place to form crust.
- Prepare water bath for baking: 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 325F degrees for 60 to 75 minutes or until cheesecake is firm to the touch. Do not overbake.
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