Sinful Cheesecake Recipes

SINFUL SNICKERS CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Prepare crust: Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Cover the bottom of a 10-inch spring-form pan tightly with aluminum foil.
• Using a food processor, finely crush all the Oreo cookies.
• Add melted butter, water and sugar to the cookie crumbs and continue using processor until the mixture is well blended.
• Turn this cookie mixture out into the spring-form pan and using your fingers, gently work the cookie mixture until the bottom of the pan is covered with about one inch up on the sides.
• Bake for only 6 or 7 minutes, no longer or the crust will be too hard.
• It is okay if the crust rises a little during the baking-- if this occurs, use the flat bottom of a glass to gently press down and set aside to cool.
• Prepare filling: Using a large bowl and an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until it is light and fluffy.
• When cream cheese is fluffy, add in one egg and mix well.
• Add second egg and mix well.
• Add in sour cream and sugar.
• Remove electric mixture to gently fold in the Nestle' chocolate chips and chopped Snickers candy bars.
• Pour batter onto the crust and spread the mixture out from the middle to all the sides to help it bake evenly.
• Cover a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and place spring-form pan in middle and bake at 375F for about 45 minutes, or until top is light brown.
• It's ok if the middle of the cheesecake is sunk in a little.
• Transfer the cheese cake to a rack and cool while still in the spring-form pan.
• Lay a piece of plastic wrap directly on top of the cheesecake and refrigerate (still in spring-form pan) for at least four hours or more- overnight is best.
• Prepare glaze: Melt chocolate chips, butter and only 1/3 of the heavy whipping cream in a double boiler over medium heat until just at the melting stage.
• Remove from heat and stir mixture until smooth.
• (You can use a microwave for this part but ensure the bowl is microwave safe).
• While still warm, stir in remaining heavy whipping cream and mix until well blended.
• Using a sharp paring knife, run is around the edges of the spring-form pan to gently separate the cheesecake from the pan sides.
• Release the spring-form and remove from the cheesecake.
• Place cheesecake on serving dish and pour the chocolate glaze into the shallow crater.
• Sprinkle crushed peanuts or extra Snickers shavings on top.
• Refrigerate to allow the glaze to set.

SINFUL CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• 1. FOR THE CRUST: Melt butter and mix in crumbs until well blended. Press into a 9-inch springform pan.
• 2. FOR THE BROWNIE LAYER: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine sugar, butter and water in a bowl. Stir in egg and vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt in another bowl. Stir into sugar mixture. Spread in pan over crust. Sprinkle chocolate chips and pecans on top. Bake for 10 minutes. While it is baking, prepare the filling.
• 3. FOR THE CREAM CHEESE FILLING: Blend cream cheese, milk, sour cream, and egg. Blend well. Now, after the brownie portion has been in oven 10 minutes, take it out of oven. Spread the cream cheese filling on top of brownie. Put back in oven for 30 minutes.(when you take it out, the center might be a little shaky..that's ok). Let the cake cool until firm and set--couple of hours. Once cooled, carefully remove the side of your springform pan.
• 4. Once cooled and removed from pan, add the next ingredients in this order: melted chocolate chips, drizzled on top, chopped pecans, sprinkled on top, semi-sweet chocolate chips, sprinkled on top, white chocolate chips, sprinkled on top, caramel sauce, drizzled on top.

SLIGHTLY LESS SINFUL SNICKERS CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cover bottom of 10" springform pan with parchment, grease parchment and sides of pan (can spray, if you prefer).
• Using a food processor, finely crush Oreos, add melted butter, process until mixed.
• Use a fork to press into the greased pan, pressing up the sides slightly.
• Bake for 6 minutes. Set aside.
• Prepare filling: Using a large bowl and electric mixer, beat cream cheese until it is light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well in between.
• Add sour cream and sugar, mix well.
• Take 2 Snickers bars and cut into 1/4 inch slices. Reserve 14 slices, separate and put on a plate in the fridge.
• Coarsly chop all remaining snickers bars.
• Gently fold in the mini chips and chopped snickers. Pour into pan, over the baked crust. Return to oven for about 50 minutes. It should be very lightly browned.
• In order to prevent cracking you need to change temperatures slowly. Here's what works for me. Turn the oven off, set timer for 5 minutes. After timer goes off, rollup a hotpad and use it to crack the oven door open. Set timer for another 5 minutes. Open oven door a little more and set the timer for another 5 minutes. Pull out cheesecake and sit on a wire rack. After 10 minutes or so, run a sharp knive around the inside of the springform pan. You can spring the pan after you do this. Allow it to fully cool just like this.
• Prepare glaze: Melt chocolate chips (mini or regular), butter and just a little of the half and half. in the microwave or use a double boiler. If using the microwave stir every 30 seconds. Chocolate chips melt but keep their shape, so they are deceiving to the eye. Stir until smooth, use your judgement as to how much of the cream you want to use. Smooth glaze over the top of the cheesecake, place your refrigerated cut Snickers pieces over the cake as decoration, garnish with chopped peanuts, if desired.

SINFUL CHEESECAKE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Line a 9-inch (23cm) square pan with foil, making sure it goes up all four sides. Use two sheets if necessary. Mist with non-stick spray or grease lightly.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees (180C).
• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and chocolate over low heat, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat and beat in the 2/3 cup (130g) sugar, then the eggs.
• Mix in the flour, cocoa powder and salt, then the vanilla and chocolate chips. Spread evenly in the prepared pan.
• In a separate bowl, beat together the cream cheese, the yolk, 5 tablespoons (75g) of sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
• Distribute the cream cheese mixture in eight dollops across the top of the brownie mixture, then take a dull knife or spatula and swirl the cream cheese mixture with the chocolate batter.
• Bake for 35 minutes, or until the batter in the center of the pan feels just set.
• Let cool, then lift out the foil and peel it away. Cut the brownies into squares.
• Storage: These will keep in an airtight container for a couple of days. They also freeze well, too.

CLASSIC DELICIOUS NEW YORK CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• To make the crust, mix graham crackers crumbs, butter, and 2 tablespoons of sugar in bowl.
• Press mixture in bottom and sides of 9 inch springform pan.
• In mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and remaining sugar for 2 minutes.
• Add eggs and vanilla to mixture and mix until well blended.
• Then stir or fold in sour cream.
• Pour mixture in crust filled pan and bake for 10 minutes.
• Then reduce to 200 degrees to bake for 45 minutes.
• From here the cheese cake just needs to be chilled, but I recommend doing the following step if you have a few extra hours- Leave in warm oven, once you turn it off but leave door slightly open.
• Let sit and cool for 2 hours and remove from oven.
• Remove sides from pan and chill in refrigerator.