Chocolate Cheesecake

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This was really good--it gets a 9. However, we had some issues, so here you go.

I hate it when cheesecakes crack. It makes me so, so mad. Here are some things I have learned to avoid that:

1. Don’t overbeat it, and add eggs towards the end since these hold air
2. I always use an aluminum pan
3. DON’T OVERBAKE IT!!! It will still be jiggly in the middle, and only the outside 1/3 to 2/3 won’t jiggle. This is my biggest downfall.
4. Put a small container of boiling water in the oven when you bake it
5. Put a cookie sheet underneath the cheesecake to catch butter drips and avoid a nasty oven smoke
6. Bake it off look, not time. My new oven seems to bake too hot, so I might change up the temperature

Chocolate Cheesecake
4 8-oz. blocks cream cheese
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 cup sour cream
2 Tbs. milk
4 eggs
1 Tbs. vanilla
1/4 cup cocoa
3 Tbs. flour
10 oz. bittersweet chocolate, melted

Basically you use a paddle (not whisk) to combine your softened cream cheese and sugar. I then add sour cream, milk, flour, cocoa, and vanilla. You then beat in the eggs one at a time, and finally you stream in the melted chocolate. Don’t overbeat. Pour it on top of your crust, and then bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes (use you eyes, not a timer to watch it). Then, turn the oven off and leave it in there for 2 hours.

oreo Crust

24 oreo
4-5 Tbs. butter

Bake at 350 for 5 minutes to make it crusty before you put on the cheesecake batter. So, my new oven is confounding. At first I thought it was too low, but for baked goods, it seems to cook high. On the NY Cheesecake, I put it at 200 and am doing it by look instead of time. For these, I will likely put it down to 300 and do the same thing.

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  1. thejohnmfamilyMay 8, 2021 at 10:43 PM

    So, you bake this at 325 for 57 minutes in a water bath (I use the aluminum pan). Then, I propped the oven door open with a wooden spoon for an hour, and then I took it out. We put caramel drizzle on tope.

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  2. thejohnmfamilyJune 19, 2021 at 12:59 PM

    Your pour water in the water bath so it comes halfway up the sides of the springform pan. I put the springform pan in the big Cuisinart pan with shallow sides. Don't forget to grease the sides of the pan before you pour the batter in.

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