Christmas Peppermint Candy Cheesecake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
1 Cheesecake
ingredients
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup melted butter, plus
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 1⁄2 cups sour cream
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1⁄2 cup coarsely crushed candy cane
- whipped cream
- chocolate leaves
- more coarsely chopped candy cane
directions
- Preheat oven to 325.
- Blend graham cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1/4 cup melted butter in bottom of ungreased 8" springform pan; press mixture evenly over bottom.
- In blender or food processor, blend sour cream, remaining 1/2 cup sugar, eggs, flour and vanilla until smooth.
- Add cream cheese and blend; then blend in 2 tablespoons remaining melted butter until completely smooth.
- Stir in crushed candy canes,then pour mixture over crust in pan.
- Bake in lower third of oven for 45 minutes.
- Remove; allow to cool.
- Refrigerate for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.
- The chocolate leaves will form the petals of a poinsettia flower, with the crushed candy canes in the very center.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
JustaQT
Camdenton, MO
In Memory of Maxie, a beloved pet who we love and miss so very much. Our sweet Maxie was a black lab who wss put to sleep because of stomache cancer. 1997 - October 31, 2007
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