Chocolate Truffle Cheesecake

Very rich and chocolaty.

• Ready In: 5 hrs 30 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups  crumbled  chocolate sandwich style cookies (18 cookies if you can't find the crumbs)
• 2  tablespoons butter or 2  tablespoons margarine, melted
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 1 (12 ounce) package  semi-sweet chocolate chips (2 cups)
• 1⁄4 cup  coffee-flavored liqueur (optional) or 1⁄4 cup Amaretto (optional)
• 4  eggs, at room temperature

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300°F.
2. Mix crushed cookies and butter; press firmly onto bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
3. Beat cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add melted chocolate and liqueur; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Pour over crust.
4. Bake 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 10 minutes or until center is almost set. Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; return cake to oven to cool slowly. Cool before removing rim of pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.