Peanut Butter Cheesecake with Grape Jelly Glaze

Name: Peanut Butter Cheesecake with Grape Jelly Glaze
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 227 grams (2 sticks) butter; 12 Chocolate disks; 907 grams pounds cream cheese, softened; 355 milliliters packed dark brown sugar; 5 larges eggs, at room temperature; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters grape jelly; 237 milliliters seedless grapes; 118 milliliters heavy cream; 237 milliliters roasted peanuts; 1 teaspoons salt; 296 milliliters smooth peanut butter (not natural-style); 591 milliliters sugar; 113 grams 100% unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 vanilla bean, split in half with seeds scraped (discard pod)

Peanut Butter Cheesecake with Grape Jelly Glaze requires around 5 hours from start to finish. This recipe makes 12 servings with 1266 calories, 22g of protein, and 77g of fat each. This recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up eggs, sugar, chocolate disks, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

For the Brownie Base: Preheat oven at 325°F. Line a buttered half sheet pan with parchment or foil. Set aside.

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Base

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Frying Pan

Put butter and chocolate in a heatproof medium bowl set over a pan of simmering water; stir until butter and chocolate are melted.

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Chocolate

Butter

Water

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Bowl

Frying Pan

Let cool slightly.

Whisk sugar and eggs in a medium sized bowl or in a bowl of an electric mixer.

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Sugar

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Whisk

Bowl

Add the vanilla and the melted chocolate mixture. Fold in the flour, baking powder, and salt until well incorporated.

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Baking Powder

Chocolate

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Pour batter in the prepared pan and bake for 20 minutes.

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Oven

Frying Pan

For the Peanut Butter Cheesecake: Prepare and set aside twelve 4-ounce silicone molds or disposable ramekins sprayed with non-stick spray.

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Peanut Butter

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Ramekin

In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, vanilla bean seeds, and sugar till fluffy.

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Cream Cheese

Vanilla Bean

Seeds

Sugar

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Bowl

Add eggs one at a time and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in peanut butter, heavy cream, and salt.

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Peanut Butter

Heavy Cream

Egg

Salt

Use a pastry bag to pipe the mixture into the molds or ramekins.

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Pastry Bag

Ramekin

Bake at 250 degrees for about 30 to 40 minutes, until center is barely set.

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Oven

Let cool for an hour then refrigerate for another 4 hours.

To Assemble: Gently heat the grape jelly in a small saucepan until it is easily spreadable and smooth.

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Grape Jelly

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Sauce Pan

Brush some of the liquid jelly across each plate.

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Jelly

Cut the brownies into squares or rounds and place on top of the grape jelly stripe. Carefully unmold the cheesecakes and place on the brownie. Spoon or brush some of the grape jelly glaze on top of the cheese cake.

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Grape Jelly

Cheese