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German Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe

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This is an impressive German chocolate cheesecake from Maddymoo.

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

  • Coconut Pecan Topping:
  • 1/2 cup or 1 stick butter or margarine
  • 1/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoon light cream
  • 2 tablespoon corn syrup
  • 1 cup flaked coconut
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 teaspoon. vanilla
  • .
  • Filling:
  • 4 bars (4oz.)Hershey's semisweet baking chocolate,broken into pieces
  • 3 pkgs. (8 oz. each) cream cheese softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 3 eggs
  • .
  • Coconut-Pecan Crust:
  • 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 2 tablespoon sugar
  • 1/3 cup butter, melted
  • 1/4 cup coconut
  • 1/4 cup pecans,chopped

Preparation:

Topping
Melt butter with sugar, stir in remaining topping ingredients and set aside.
Crust
Combine crust ingredients; press into pan and bake at 350° for about ten minutes. Cool and set aside.

Heat oven to 450°.
In microwave bowl, melt chocolate until smooth. Set aside. In large mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, sour cream, and vanilla; beat with a mixer until smooth. Add flour 1 tablespoon at time, blending well after each addition. Add eggs and melted chocolate; blend well. Pour into crust. Bake 10 minutes without opening oven door; reduce oven to 250° and continue baking 35 minutes. Remove from oven. With knife loosen sides and and cool completely. Remove from pan. Spread topping on top and refrigerate until firm. Store uneaten portion covered, in refrigerator.
I use a large springform pan.
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User Reviews

 5 out of 5
very good, Member cheflarry1

I made this recipe today. Before it was even out of the oven I looked at the recipe card again and I realized it said 4 bars (4) ounce of chocolate.............now is that 16 oz total or 4 oz? I put 16 oz in and it is the best cheesecake i have ever made. but I feel that the recipe is for 4 oz.lol I'm just curious

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