April 13, 2008

Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake

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This marbled sour cream cheese cake in a Nutter Butter cookie crust has Reeses' peanut butter cups through-out.

Ingredients:
24 to 30 Nutter Butter cookies
1/2 cup melted butter
26 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (regular size)
4-8 oz. pkgs. Philadelphia Cream Cheese
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Sour Cream
3 Tablespoons flour
1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
4 Eggs
Method

Crust: Crush the Nutter Butter cookies and mix with the melted butter. Press onto the bottom of a 9" springform pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 10 minutes; remove from oven and arrange 6 of the peanut butter cups over the hot crust; let melt, spread slightly, then cool. Filling: Mix together Cream Cheese, Sugar, Sour cream, flour, and Vanilla; add eggs, one at a time, beating at low speed just until blended. Chop 10 of the remaining peanut butter cups; gently stir into mixture. Pour 3/4 of this mixture over the cooled crust. Melt the 10 remaining Peanut Butter Cups over very low heat, and mix with remaining cream cheese mixture. Pour in pan and swirl slightly with a narrow spatula or table knife. Bake at 325 degrees for 65-70 minutes. Let cool; put in refrigerator several hours or overnight.

Submitted By: paxcod13