Eggnog Cheesecake

Cheesecake Extraordinaire

• Ready In: 1 hr 55 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• Chocolate Cookie Crust

• 11  chocolate-cream filled  chocolate sandwich style cookies, crushed
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3  tablespoons butter or 3  tablespoons margarine, melted

• Eggnog Filling

• 24  ounces cream cheese
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 5  teaspoons cornstarch
• 4  eggs
• 1  egg yolk
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1⁄3 cup  whipping cream
• 1⁄4 cup  vanilla liqueur
• 2  tablespoons light rum

Directions

1. Make the crust: in a bowl, stir the crushed cookies and nutmeg; add melted butter and stir until combined.
2. Press cookie mixture evenly onto the bottom of a greased 9-inch springform pan; set aside.
3. Make the filling: in a large bowl, combine the cream cheese, sugar, and cornstarch; beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
4. Add in eggs and egg yolk, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
5. Beat in nutmeg and vanilla extract.
6. Stir in whipping cream, liqueur, and light rum.
7. Pour filling mixture over crust.
8. Bake in a preheated 350° oven for 15 minutes; decrease temperature to 200° and bake 1 hour and 10 minutes or until the center no longer looks wet or shiny.
9. Remove cake from oven and run a knife around the inside edge of pan; chill, uncovered, overnight.