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Olivia's Cheesecake

Mon, 2006-07-03 20:13 by Tammy   Tags:
Recipe Name: 
Olivia's Cheesecake
Picture: 
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Description: 

A rich, nutty cheesecake with pretzel crust

Yield: 

16 servings

Ingredients: 

Crust:

1 1/2 cups crushed pretzels
1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted

Filling:

5 (8oz.) cream cheese
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 eggs
1 cup peanut butter chips
1 cup semi-sweet chips

Topping:

8 oz. sour cream
3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup finely chopped unsalted peanuts

Instructions: 

1. To make crust: mix together crushed pretzels and butter or margarine. Press into bottom of a 10-inch springform pan.

2. Beat cream cheese and sugar well. Add peanut butter and vanilla, beat. Add eggs beating just to combine.

3. Stir in chips. Pour over crust and bake 50-55 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool 15 minutes but leave oven on.

4. Mix first 3 topping ingredients together until smooth. Spread on cake and sprinkle with peanuts. Return to oven for 5 minutes.

5. Cool on a rack 10 minutes and run knife around edge of pan. Cool another hour before refrigerating overnight. When slicing, dip knife in warm water inbetween cutting and wipe off so you don't get a pile up around each slice.

Olivia's Cheesecake; photo by Olivia McEntire
Additional Notes: 

This recipe and photos were submitted by guest chef Olivia McEntire! Olivia says, "I made this recipe two years in a row for Father's Day! Everyone loves it."

Preparation Time: 

25 minutes

Cooking Time: 

60 minutes + 15 minutes cooling time

Average vote based on 1 review.
9
out of 10
User Reviews
9
out of 10
A good fancy cheesecake

This is definitely for cheesecake die-hards. After I made it for the first Father's Day daddy was making sure that I was going to make it again this year. He loves it.


by Babette on Fri, 2006-07-21 19:53

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