Recipe#8339

Title: Banana Nut

From: Brawny@remove.knox.mindspring.com (Brawny) 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.baking 
 Subject: Cheesecakes... 
 Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 20:21:36 GMT 
 Message-ID: <32fe302b.2773337@news.knox.mindspring.com> 

1 c chocolate wafer crumbs
 1/4 c butter, melted
 16 oz cream cheese
 1/2 c sugar
 1/2 c banana, mashed
 2 eggs
 1/4 c walnuts. chopped
 1/3 c milk chocolate pieces
 1 tb butter
 2 ts cold water
 Combine crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform
 pan.  Bake at 350F. 10 minutes.
 Combine cream cheese, sugar and banana, mixing at medium speed on
 electric mixer until well blended.  Add eggs, one at a time, mixing
 well after each addition.  Stir in walnuts; pour over crust.  Bake
 at 350F. 40 minutes.  Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before
 removing rim of pan.
 Melt chocolate pieces and butter with water over low heat, stirring
 until smooth.  Drizzle over cheesecake.  Chill.