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Turtle Swirl Cheesecake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Crust
1 9-ounce package chocolate wafer cookies (I use Oreo crumbs if I can find them)
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, melted
2 tablespoons sugar

Filling
4 8-ounce packages cream cheese, room temperature
1 1/4 cups sugar
5 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 tablespoons whipping cream
4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped

Topping
1 cup purchased butterscotch caramel fudge sauce
1/2 cup (about) whole toasted pecans
Directions:
Directions:
For Crust:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Finely grind cookies in processor. Blend in butter. Press crumb mixture onto bottom and 1 inch up sides of 9-inch-diameter spring form pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Wrap outside of spring form pan with foil.

For Filling:
Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese in large bowl until fluffy. Gradually add sugar and beat until smooth. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Mix in vanilla extract.

Bring cream to simmer in heavy small saucepan. Reduce heat to low. Add chocolate and stir until mixture is melted and smooth. Remove from heat.

Pour half of cream cheese mixture into crust. Spoon half of chocolate mixture over by tablespoons, spacing evenly. Using tip of knife, swirl chocolate mixture into filling. Spoon remaining cream cheese mixture over. Spoon remaining chocolate mixture over by tablespoons. Swirl into filling.

Place spring form pan in a shallow roasting pan and about 1 inch of hot water after placing pan into the oven. Bake until sides are set and center moves slightly when pan is shaken, about 1 hour 5 minutes. (Cake may crack.) Cool in pan on rack. Chill overnight.

Using small knife, cut around pan sides to loosen cake. Release pan sides. Drizzle 1/4 cup caramel sauce over top of cake. Garnish with whole pecans. Pass remaining sauce separately.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
12
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I won first place in a bake-off at work with this cheesecake.

 

 

 

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