Recipe#8386

Title: Chocolate Amaretto 02

From: Burke A Townsend bat@selway.umt.edu 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake 
 Date: 18 Aug 1995 12:49:41 -0500 
 Message-ID: Pine.ULT.3.91.950816195300.16955B-100000@selway.umt.edu 

1 1/2 cups chocolate wafers, ground  (Famous Brand)
 2 tbs. sugar
 1/4 cup butter
 1 lb. cream cheese
 1/2 cup sugar
 2 large eggs
 6 oz. semi-sweet chocolate, melted and cooled
 1/2 tsp. almond flavoring
 1 tsp. vanilla
 1/3 cup amaretto
 2/3 cup sour cream 
 Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
 Blend together the ingredients for the crust and form in an 8-inch
 pie dish.
 Beat the cream cheese until smooth.  Beat in the sugar gradually.
 Beat in the eggs, one at a time, at low speed.  Add the cooled
 chocolate, the flavorings, the amaretto, and the sour cream.  Beat
 at low speed until blended well.
 Pour into the crust and bake at 300 degrees for one hour.
 Turn off the heat and let the cheesecake sit in the cooling oven
 for an additional hour.
 Remove from the oven and let cool to room temperature, then chill
 in the refrigerator for 24 hours.