Chocolate Cheesecake

 

24 Oreo Cookies, crushed (about 2 cups)

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine, melted

4 pkg. (8 oz. each) Cream Cheese, softened

1 cup Sour Cream

1 cup sugar

2 Tbsp. flour

1 tsp. vanilla

1 pkg. (8 squares) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted, slightly cooled

4 eggs

Heat oven to 325ºF.

Mix crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 13x9-inch foil-lined pan. Bake 10 min.

Beat cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, flour and vanilla with mixer until well blended. Add chocolate; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.

Bake 45 min. or until center is almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 4 hours. Use foil to lift cheesecake from pan. 

[In the top picture, I reserved a little of the plain cheesecake batter (before adding the chocolate), so that I could create a white "layer" on the bottom...]