Cherry-Glazed Black Bottom Cheesecake

Name: Cherry-Glazed Black Bottom Cheesecake
Prep time: 6 h 25 min
Cook time: 6 h 25 min
Total time: 6 h 25 min
Yield: 25
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps butter, melted; 473 milliliters pitted frozen sweet cherries; 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 907 grams pkg. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened; 4 eggs; 1 teaspoon ground Mexican cinnamon (canela); 237 milliliters 18 OREO Cookies, finely crushed (about; 113 grams 1-1/2 pkg. each) BAKERS Semi-Sweet Chocolate (6 oz.), broken into pieces, melted, cooled slightly; 237 milliliters sugar, divided; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 118 milliliters water

One serving contains 238 calories, 4g of protein, and 17g of fat. This recipe serves 25. A mixture of baker's semi-sweet chocolate, eggs, vanilla, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 6 hours and 25 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 325F.

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Mix cookie crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.

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Cookie Crumbs

Butter

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Springform Pan

Beat cream cheese, 1 cup sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until well blended.

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Cream Cheese

Vanilla

Sugar

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Blender

Bowl

Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed after each just until blended. Reserve 3 cups batter.

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Egg

Add melted chocolate to remaining batter; mix well.

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Chocolate

Pour over crust. Carefully spoon reserved batter over chocolate batter.

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Chocolate

Crust

Bake 1 hour 5 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours.

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Meanwhile, mix cornstarch and water in medium saucepan. Stir in remaining sugar.

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Corn Starch

Sugar

Water

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Add cherries; stir. Bring to boil on medium-high heat, stirring constantly; cook and stir on medium heat 2 min. or until sugar is dissolved and sauce is thickened. Stir in cinnamon. Cool completely. Refrigerate until ready to spoon over cheesecake just before serving.

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Cherries