Desserts/Hershey's best loved chocolate cheesecake
Makes: 1 cake
Active Time: 60 minutes
Total Time: 7 hours
From: http://www.tastebook.com/recipes/1212735-Hershey-s-Best-Loved-Chocolate-Cheesecake
Contents
Ingredients
FOR CRUMB CRUST
1 cup chocolate wafer crumbs
1/2 stick butter
FOR CHEESECAKE
3 packages cream cheese, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
8 ounces dairy sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup Hershey’s Cocoa
2 tablespoons AP flour
3 eggs
FOR QUICK CHOCOLATE DRIZZLE
1/2 cup Hershey’s semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 teaspoons shortening (no substitute)
Directions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 450. For crumb crust, combine 1 cup chocolate wafer crumbs and 1/2 stick butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
Step 2
Beat cream cheese and sugar until blended. Add sour cream and vanilla; beat until blended. Beat in cocoa and flour. Add eggs, one at a time; beat just until blended. Pour into crust.
Step 3
Bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven temp to 250; continue baking 40 minutes. Remove from oven to wire rack. With knife, loosen cake from side of pan. Cool completely; remove side of pan.
Step 4
Microwave Hershey’s chocolate and shortening on high 30 seconds. If necessary, microwave on high an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, until chips are melted. Drizzle over cheesecake. Chill 4 to 6 hours. Store covered in refrigerator.
