Candy Cane Cheesecake

Name: Candy Cane Cheesecake
Prep time: P1H
Cook time: P1H
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: chocolate cookie crumbs; sugar; butter; sour cream; sugar; eggs; flour; vanilla extract; mint extract; cream cheese; peppermint stick candy

Submitted by Liser

Made this one last night, and it came out beautiful and delicious. I could find all these creamy, smooth and delicious things in every bite.

YIELD

12 servings

PREP

½ hrs

COOK

1 hrs

READY

14 min

Ingredients

1 ⅓

CUPS CHOCOLATE COOKIE CRUMBS *

TABLESPOONS SUGAR

CUP BUTTER
or margarine

1 ½

CUPS SOUR CREAM

CUP SUGAR

LARGE EGGS

TABLESPOON ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

TEASPOONS VANILLA EXTRACT

TEASPOON MINT EXTRACT *

OUNCES CREAM CHEESE

⅔

CUP PEPPERMINT STICK CANDY
crushed *

Directions

Pure indulgence.

Preheat oven to 325℉ (160℃). Combine first 3 ingredients and press into a 9-inch springform pan.

First work on making the chocolate crust.

If using cookies, put them in a food processor along with butter.

Press the mixture into a 9-inch well buttered spring form pan. Set aside.

Blend sour cream, sugar, eggs, flour and both extracts until smooth. Add cream cheese, and blend until very smooth, 5 to 8 minutes under medium-high speed.

Next you need these a few ingredients to make the creamy filling.

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Blend until very smooth, 5 to 8 minutes under medium-high speed.

Stir in crushed candy. Pour into crust and bake on lowest rack of oven for 50 to 60 minutes or until firm.

Bake in preheated oven

Allow to cool (top may crack) and refrigerate overnight. Remove from pan and serve. Top with sweetened whip cream and garnish with candy cane if desired.