Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake

Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake
Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake requires approximately 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 7g of protein, 14g of fat, and a total of 255 calories. If you have salt, flour, small-curd cottage cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

1
In a food processor, whirl cookies until finely ground.
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2
Add butter and whirl until mixed. Press cookie mixture evenly over bottom and 3/4 inch up the side of a removable-rim 8-inch cheesecake or cake pan (at least 1 1/2 in. deep).
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3
In a food processor or in bowl with a mixer, whirl or beat until smooth the neufchtel, cottage cheese, egg, sugar, cocoa, flour, vanilla, salt, and almond liqueur. Stir in chocolate chips. Scrape mixture into chocolate crust.
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SugarSugar
SaltSalt
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4
Bake cheesecake in a 350 regular or convection oven until filling looks dry at rim of the cake and is firm in the center when pan is gently shaken, 30 to 40 minutes.
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5
Run a thin-bladed knife between cake and pan rim. Refrigerate cake, uncovered, until cool, at least 2 hours.
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6
Serve, or if making up to 2 days ahead, wrap airtight and chill.
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7
Remove pan rim and cut cake into wedges.
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DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings12
Health Score1
Dish TypesSide Dish
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