Chocolate-Hazelnut Cream Cheesecake
- 1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. butter, divided
- 3 cups chocolate cookie baking crumbs
- 1/2 cup finely chopped toasted hazelnuts
- 3/4 cup sugar, divided
- 3 cups Philadelphia Light Brick Cream Cheese Spread, softened
- 1-1/4 tsp. vanilla, divided
- 1/4 cup hazelnut-flavored liqueur, divided
- 3 eggs
- 2 pouches whipping cream stabilizer
- 1-1/2 cups whipping cream, divided
- 1 tsp. Maxwell House Instant Coffee Original Roast
- 1/4 cup Philadelphia Chocolate Cream Cheese Product
- 1 cup Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Melt 1/2 cup butter; mix with baking crumbs, nuts and 2 Tbsp.
- sugar.
- Press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
- Bake 12 min.
- Beat cream cheese spread and remaining sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended.
- Add 1 tsp.
- vanilla and 2 Tbsp.
- liqueur; mix well.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended; pour over crust.
- Bake 30 min.
- or until centre is almost set.
- Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim.
- Refrigerate cheesecake 4 hours.
- Beat stabilizer and 1 cup cream with mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form.
- Dissolve coffee in remaining liqueur.
- Add to whipped cream along with the chocolate cream cheese product; mix on medium speed just until blended.
- Spread over cheesecake.
- Refrigerate 40 min.
- Microwave chocolate chips, remaining vanilla and cream in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 min.
- or until chips are completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring after 30 sec.
- Add remaining butter; stir until melted.
- Cool 10 min.
- Spread over cheesecake.
- Refrigerate 20 min.
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Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/chocolate-hazelnut-cream-cheesecake-170387.aspx (may not work)