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Chocolate Topped Cheesecake

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Living the Gourmet: Chocolate Topped Cheesecake

As I have mentioned before in the past, cheesecake is a family favorite. There is always a homemade cheesecake to grace our table at family gatherings.

This Chocolate Topped Cheesecake is so simple to make and it comes just in time for the holidays.

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Quick and Easy Cheesecake

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  • Author: Living the Gourmet
  • Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • Yield: 8
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Description

**Adapted from The Lucky Santangelo Cookbook by Jackie Collins

Ingredients

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For the Crust:

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/4 cup shortening
  • 2–3 tablespoons cold water

For the Cheesecake:

  • 2 – 8 oz. bricks of cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp. lemon zest
  • 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup sour cream

For Garnish:

  • Chocolate Syrup, for drizzle
  • Chocolate Hazelnut candies, grated

Instructions

For the Crust:

  1. In the bowl of your food processor, pulse flour, oats, sugar and shortening until a fine crumbly mixture forms.
  2. Add cold water until a soft, pliable dough forms. Fit the dough to a pie plate and blind bake for about 12-15 minutes.

For the Cheesecake:

  1. Beat the cream cheese until very smooth. Add the sugar and continue to beat for a minute or two. Add the eggs, one at a time, beat just until incorporated. Add the lemon zest, sour cream, milk and vanilla and beat just until incorporated.
  2. Bake the cheesecake at 350 degrees for approximately 50 minutes or until the toothpick test comes out clean.
  3. Let your cheesecake cool completely before transferring to the refrigerator for a couple of hours. Garnish with chocolate syrup and grated chocolate candies before serving.
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
  • Category: Dessert
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Living the Gourmet: Chocolate Topped Cheesecake
Enjoy with Love,
Catherine
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  3. Big Daddy Dave says

    Catherine, My better half would love this cheesecake. She loves cheesecake and the chocolate is a double win for her! For some reason, I’ve never gotten into cheesecake, although I did eat a fresh warm ricotta cheesecake once that I would have happily rolled in! Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

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  4. Dottie Sauchelli Balin says

    Dear Catherine,
    What a marvelous cheesecake recipe. I love cheesecake as well. There is just something so smooth and creamy about it. Your recipe sounds and looks fabulous. I like the added chocolate on top. I see that you adapted this recipe from Jackie Collins cookbook. Oh my I am getting hungry for cheesecake as I am writing this…Thanks for sharing…Have a blessed rest of the week.
    Dottie 🙂

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  5. Lorraine says

    Looks SOO good! The recipe looks familiar to me, like a cheesecake recipe my sister made many moons ago. I will have to dig it out and compare. Or better yet, I could just follow your delicious version 🙂

    Kindly, Lorraine

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  11. Louise says

    Oh I do adore cheesecake, Catherine. I may even splurge on a few pieces for the holidays, lol…The crust is quite interesting with the oats. I guess that makes it sorta healthy, lol…The drizzle of chocolate is indeed an added bonus!

    Thank you so much for sharing, Catherine…

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  16. Jenny @ Honey and Birch says

    I’m visiting from the Foodie Fridays linkup and I had to come right over here to tell you how beautiful this cheesecake is. Seriously. It caught my eye and now all I can think about is cheesecake. 🙂 Thank you for sharing!

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  17. Carrie Groneman says

    I LOVE the simplicity of this recipe, and it looks amazing! Thank you for linking up at Wonderful Wed. Blog Hop and hope you will come back next week. Carrie, A Mother’s Shadow

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  19. Diane says

    This sounds just up our street, we both love cheese cake and chocolate yum yum.. We have a friend who is allergic to both cheese and chocolate, she has no idea what she is missing out on 🙂 Take care and have a good weekend Diane

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  21. Katherines Corner says

    Oh my goodness our oldest granddaughter would dive into this yumminess. Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog hop.Watch for your feature on Monday xo

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  24. AnnMarie says

    This does seem easier than most cheesecakes I make. The picture of the slice is divine! Makes me want to stick my finger in for a taste!

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  29. Miz Helen says

    What a great cheesecake, it looks delicious. Hope you are having a great day and thanks so much for sharing this awesome post with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

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  30. misty overstreet says

    What a great tip! Hello, my name is Misty, from The LadyPrefers2Save at http://theladypreferstosave.com, and I’m one of the new co-hosts for the Merry Monday Linky Party! I wanted to write and thank you for linking up to this weeks Merry Monday party, as well as to let you know that your post will be linked to the Merry Monday Pinterest board, as well my social media accounts. I would love to have you also stop by my blog as well! Thanks for linking up at the Merry Monday’s Linky Party this week, and I hope to see you linking up next week as well. Have an awesome week!

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