Chocolate-Peanutty Swirl Cheesecake
- 4 tubs PHILADELPHIA Cheesecake Batter, divided
- 1-1/2 qt. graham cracker crumbs
- 1-1/2 cups butter, melted
- 3-1/3 cups NUTTER BUTTER Creme Variegate, divided
- heavy cream
- bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- Let cheesecake batter stand at room temperature 1 hour.
- Mix graham crumbs, butter and 1/3 cup of the Variegate (or 4 tsp.
- of the Variegate for trial recipe); press onto bottoms of 4 (9-inch) springform pans (or onto bottom of 1 9-inch springform pan for trial recipe), adding 10 oz.
- crumb mixture to each pan.
- Bake in 325 degrees F standard oven 10 min.
- Cool.
- Meanwhile, bring cream to boil in saucepan.
- Pour over chocolate in bowl; stir until melted.
- Cool.
- Combine 11 lb.
- 4 oz.
- of the cheesecake batter (or 2 lb.
- 13 oz.
- of the batter for trial recipe) and remaining 3 cups Variegate (or remaining 3/4 cup Variegate for trial recipe); pour 1 lb.
- 11 oz.
- batter over each crust.
- Mix remaining 12 oz.
- plain cheesecake batter (or remaining 3 oz.
- plain cheesecake batter for trial recipe) and ganache until well blended.
- Spoon 3.5 oz.
- chocolate batter into pastry tube fitted with 1/4-inch tip; use to squeeze small circles of chocolate batter over variegate batter in 1 pan; swirl gently with knife.
- Repeat with remaining batters, refilling pastry tube with 3-1/2 oz.
- of the remaining chocolate batter after swirlng batters in each pan.
- Place in water bath, using separate water-filled pan for each cheesecake.
- (See directions on tub of Cheesecake Batter for how to prepare water baths.)
- Bake 1 hour 40 min.
- to 1 hour 50 min.
- or until centers are almost set; cool completely.
- Refrigerate several hours or overnight.
batter, graham cracker crumbs, butter, butter creme variegate, heavy cream, bittersweet chocolate
Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/chocolate-peanutty-swirl-cheesecake-127115.aspx (may not work)