Chocolate Orange Cheesecake

Total Time: 2 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 11 chocolate sandwich cream cookies, crushed
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 24 ounces cream cheese
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 5 teaspoons cornstarch
• 3 eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/2 cup orange schnapps
• 1/3 cup frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
• 1 teaspoon finely shredded orange peel
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• orange food coloring (optional)
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon sour cream
• pecan halves

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl stir together the crushed cookies and melted butter until combined.
• 2 press crumb mixture evenly onto the bottom of a greased 9-inch springform pan.
• 3 in a big bowl combine the cream cheese, sugar, and cornstarch; beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
• 4 add in eggs and egg yolk, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 beat in orange schnapps, orange juice concentrate, orange peel, and vanilla extract.
• 6 stir in food coloring, if desired.
• 7 pour cream cheese mixture over crust.
• 8 bake at 350° for 15 minutes; lower oven temperature to 225° and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until the center no longer looks wet or shiny.
• 9 remove the cake from the oven and run a knife around the inside edge of the pan.
• 10 turn the oven off; return cake to the oven for an additional 30 minutes.
• 11 chill, uncovered, overnight.
• 12 in a small saucepan melt chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly.
• 13 stir in sour cream; drizzle over cheesecake.
• 14 garnish with pecans; chill until serving time.