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Chocolate-Cherry Cheesecake

Get ready for the “wow factor” when you bring out this beautiful dessert. Looks like it took hours to make, but you can be busy with other things while it’s baking and chilling.

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Prep Time 35 min
Total Time 5 hr 50 min
Servings 16

Ingredients

Crust

2: cups chocolate cookie crumbs

3: tablespoons butter, melted

Filling

4: packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened

3: eggs

3/4: cup sugar

1/2: teaspoon almond extract

1/2: cup whipping cream

1: can (21 oz) cherry pie filling

Glaze

1/2: cup whipping cream

1: cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 325°F. In medium bowl, combine crust ingredients; mix well. Press in bottom and 1 inch up sides of ungreased 10-inch springform pan.
2 In large bowl, beat cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in sugar and almond extract until smooth. Add 1/2 cup whipping cream; blend well.
3 Spoon 3 1/2 cups cream cheese mixture into crust-lined pan, spreading evenly. Carefully spoon 1 cup pie filling evenly over cream cheese layer (reserve remaining pie filling for topping). Spoon remaining cream cheese mixture evenly over pie filling.
4 Bake 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes or until center is set. Cool in pan on wire rack 1 hour.
5 In 1-quart saucepan, heat 1/2 cup whipping cream to boiling over medium-high heat. Remove from heat. Stir in chocolate chips until melted.
6 Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Remove side of pan. Place cheesecake on paper-lined cookie sheet. Spread glaze over cooled cheesecake, allowing some to flow down side. Refrigerate at least 3 hours or overnight. Serve topped with remaining pie filling.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Look for chocolate cookie crumbs in the grocery store's baking aisle. Or purchase chocolate wafers and process them in a food processor to form coarse crumbs. Wafers may also be crushed in a food storage plastic bag—crush them with a rolling pin.

To make ahead, bake the cheesecake; cool and glaze. Freeze it until the glaze is set. Wrap tightly and freeze it for up to 1 month. Before serving, unwrap and thaw it in the refrigerator for 4 to 6 hours.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 470
Calories from Fat: 290),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 33g; 33%
(Saturated Fat 19g, 19% Trans Fat 1 1/2g 1 1/2% ),
Cholesterol: 125mg; 125%;
Sodium: 280mg; 280%;
Total Carbohydrate: 37g; 37%
(Dietary Fiber 2g 2% Sugars 28g 28% ),
Protein: 7g; 7%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 20%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 8%;
Iron: 10%;

Exchanges:

0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1 High-Fat Meat; 5 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

2 1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 11/22/2010 8:01:05 AM REPORT ABUSE mimisandy08 said:

Rating:

Delicious.....I used crushed chocolate graham crackers for crust..find them easily on cookie isle!!!!

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Posted 9/21/2010 1:01:11 PM REPORT ABUSE evie0915 said:

Rating:

very good... but next time i think i will only use half of almond extract... thought too much almond taste in it... otherwise it was awsome and my kids loved it

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Posted 8/22/2010 7:23:00 PM REPORT ABUSE AshleyElaine said:

Rating:

Delicious. I couldn't find chocolate crumbs so I bought an already made chocolate crust and broke it up put it in a ziploc bag and beat it up with a rolling pin then placed the crumbs in the bottom of my pan. I also used a 20 oz can of pie filling in the middle instead of 1 cup.

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