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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake

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Ingredients
  

Crust

  • 6 Tablespoons butter melted
  • 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 Tablespoon sugar

Cheesecake

  • 24 oz cream cheese - room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • ½ cup peanut butter

Gananche

  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 12 ounces semi sweet chocolate use bars not chips

Instructions
 

Crust

  • Combine all ingredients and press into a 9 inch springform pan.
  • Bake 8 minutes at 350. Cool.

Cheesecake

  • Beat cream cheese and the sugar until smooth.
  • Add salt, vanilla, eggs and sour cream.
  • Add peanut butter.
  • Pour into the pan and bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
  • Let cool and chill overnight or 6 hours.
  • My cheesecake had a HUGE crack-or 3-but no worries, the chocolate covers it and makes it look amazing when cut into!!!

Ganache

  • Heat the cream in the microwave just until it bubbles.
  • Have the chocolate broken up in a bowl and pour the cream over it.
  • Let sit 2 minutes and then whisk smooth.
  • Pour ganache over the cooled cheesecake and chill an additional 1-2 hours.