Amaretto & Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
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By Just A Pinch KitchenCrew
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Ingredients
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CRUST INGREDIENTS
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1 csemi-sweet chocolate chips
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1 Tbspunsalted butter
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1/4 cvanilla wafer crumbs
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1/4 cnuts, finely chopped
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3 Tbspconfectioners' sugar
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FILLING INGREDIENTS
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24 ozcream cheese softened
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1 csugar
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4 largeeggs, room temperature
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1/4 camaretto
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2 Tbspcornstarch
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1 csemi-sweet chocolate chips
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TOPPING INGREDIENTS
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2 csour cream, room temperature
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1/4 csugar
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1 tspamaretto
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1/2 calmonds, toasted and sliced
How to Make Amaretto & Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
- Make the crust: Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees.
- Lightly butter the bottom and side of a 9 x 3" round springform pan.
- Trim a 9" cardboard cake circle so that it fits snugly within the curved lip of the bottom of the springform pan.
- Cover the top of the cardboard lined springform bottom with a piece of aluminum foil, leaving a 2" overhang all the way around the edge.
- Carefully attach the side of the springform so as not to tear the foil.
- Wrap the foil overhang halfway up the side of the springform pan.
- Lightly butter the foil covered bottom and side of the springform pan.
- In the top of a double boiler over hot, not simmering, water, melt the chocolate chips with the butter, stirring frequently until smooth.
- Remove the top part of the double boiler from the bottom and cool the chocolate mixture until tepid.
- In a large bowl, stir together the crumbs, nuts and sugar until combined.
- Add the chocolate mixture and using a fork, stir together the chocolate and crumbs, until combined.
- Press the mixture evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan, making sure that the crust extends 1" up the side of the pan.
- Set aside.
- Make the filling: In a large bowl, using a hand held electric mixer set at medium high speed, beat the cream cheese with the sugar for 2 to 3 minutes, or until smooth.
- One at a time, beat in the eggs, beating well after each addition.
- Beat in the liqueur, cornstarch and vanilla until smooth.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Pour the cheesecake filling into the prepared pan and smooth the surface with a rubber spatula.
- Bake the cheesecake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a knife comes out clean when inserted near the center.
- Cool for 5 minutes.
- Do not turn off the oven.
- Make the topping: In a large bowl, stir together the sour cream, sugar and liqueur until combined and spread it evenly over the surface of the cake.
- Bake for 5 minutes longer.
- Cool the cheesecake completely on a wire rack.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- Remove the side of the pan and sprinkle the top with the almonds.
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