Chocolate Royale Cheesecake Squares

Courtly's Note:

This recipe comes from Kraft Food and Family magazine. I love cheesecake and chocolate, so to me this sounds amazing! Enjoy!

• Total Time: 5 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 32

• 24 Oreo cookies , crushed
• ¼ cup butter , melted
• 4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese , softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (8 ounce) package semisweet baking chocolate , melted, slightly cooled
• 4 eggs

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325. Mix crumbs and butter; press firmly onto bottom of 13 x 9 inch baking pan. Bake 10 minutes.
2. Beat cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add melted chocolate; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Pour over crust.
3. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until center is almost set. Refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight. Cut into 32 squares to serve. Store leftover dessert squares in refrigerator.

Reviews

[wife2abadge]

These were rich and delish, but impossible to cut. Lots of the mixture stuck to the knife and they looked terrible. I tried three different knives and a spatula, but they all made a mess. The taste, however, was unaffected and they were gobbled up and moaned over at Easter dinner.