Ingredients: |
Ingredients: Brownie Crust:
3 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped
.25 c (1/2 stick) unsalted butter (cut into small pieces)
.5 c sifted all purpose flour
1.8 tspn salt
1/8 tspn baking powder
2 large eggs
1 c firmly packed golden brown sugar
1.5 tspn vnilla extract
.5 oz bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
Filling:
12 oz cream cheese, room temperature
1c furmly packed golden brown sugar
3 large eggs
.5 c sour cream
1 1/3 c creamy peanut butter (do not use old-fashioned or freshly ground), about 12 oz
Topping:
.75 c sour cream
2 tspn sugar
.5 c creamy peanut butter
|
Directions: |
Directions:Preheat oven 350º Position rack in center of oven
Butter 9" diameter springform pan with 2 3/4" high sides. Dust pan lightly with flour; tap out excess.
Melt unsweetened chocolate and butter in heavy small saucepan over low heat. Cool. Blend flour, salt and baking powder in small bowl. Using electric mixer, beat eggs and sugar in medium bowl until slowly dissolving ribbon forms when beaters are lifted, about 4 min. Scrape down sides of bowl. Beat in melted chcolate mixture, vanilla and chopped chocolate. Add dry ingredients and mix until just blended; do not overbeat.
Spread 1 c brownie batter over bottom of prepared pan. Bake until firm, about 17 min. Cool baked bottom crust in pan in freezer, about 15 min. Maintain oven temperature.
Meanwhile, prepare filling:
Blend cream cheese and sugar in procesor until smooth. Add eggs and sour cream and process using on/off turns until mixture is smooth, stopping to scrape down sides of bowl as needed. Blend in peanut butter using on/off turns.
Using small knife, spread remaining brownie batter evenly around sides of pan, sealing batter to bottom crust. Pour in filling, which will not be as gigh as brownie batter. Bake until center of cheesecake is gently set and brownie sides have fallen to form a 1" wide ring around filling, about 30 min.
For Topping:
Blend sour cream and sugar in small bowl. Spread evenly atop cheesecake to within 3/4" of edge. Bake cheesecake 1 more min. |
This recipe for Cinderella Cheesecake is from