Venango County Recipe of the Day: Mary’s Chocolate Cheesecake

Joanne Bauer

Joanne Bauer

Published January 8, 2017 5:01 am
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If you are a chocolate-lover, you will absolutely love this dessert!

Mary’s Chocolate Cheesecake

Ingredients

18 Oreo Cookies, crushed
2 tbsp. butter, melted
3 — 8 oz. pkgs. Philadelphia cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 pkg. Baker’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted, cooled
3 eggs
1 cup thawed Cool Whip

Directions

~Preheat oven to 325°F.

~Mix cookie crumbs and butter. Press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake 10 minutes.

~Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla with mixer until well blended. Add chocolate; mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust. Bake 45 to 55 minutes (or until center is almost set).

~Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim.

~Refrigerate four hours.

~Top with Cool Whip.

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