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Peanut Butter and Jelly Cheesecake

Ingredients
  

Crust

  • 6 T. melted butter
  • 1 T. sugar
  • 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs

Cheesecake

  • 20 ounces room temp cream cheese
  • 1 ½ cups creamy peanut butter
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup light brown sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup strawberry jam

Topping

  • ¼ cup strawberry jam
  • ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
  • handful of salted & roasted peanuts chopped

Instructions
 

Crust

  • Mix all together and press into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan. Bake for 8 minutes at 350.
  • Let cool and lower oven to 325 for the cheesecake!

Cheesecake

  • Beat cream cheese and peanut butter.
  • Add both sugars. Mix well.
  • Add eggs, one at a time.
  • Add sour cream and heavy cream.
  • Mix well and scrape sides as needed.
  • Wrap outside of the pan with heavy duty tin foil. (Or use a cheesecake moat!)
  • Pour the cheesecake filling into the cool crust.
  • Place jam in a piping bag and use the tip to push down into the batter and add dollops of jam around the cheesecake.
  • Place the springform pan in a slightly larger baking pan if you are not using a moat and Fill the larger pan with hot water.
  • Bake 1 hour 45 mins-2 hours until only the center wiggles a bit.
  • Let cool to room temp and then chill.

Topping

  • Stir the jam and spread on top.
  • Melt the peanut butter and use a piping bag to drizzle it on top of the jam.
  • Garnish with peanuts.
  • Keep chilled!