Irish Cream Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 27 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 7 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 cup oats
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups whipping cream
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 lb cream cheese, at room temperature
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/2 cup irish cream
• 2 eggs

Recipe

• 1 for the crust, preheat the oven to 350 degrees f and grease a 9-inch springform pan.
• 2 pulse the graham crumbs, oats and brown sugar in a food processor until the oats have been roughly cut.
• 3 add the melted butter and vanilla extract and pulse until an even texture.
• 4 press into the bottom of the prepared pan and bake for 7 minutes.
• 5 allow to cool while preparing the filling.
• 6 for the filling, reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees f.
• 7 heat the cream just below a simmer.
• 8 pour the hot cream over the chopped chocolate and whisk gently until smooth and set aside.
• 9 in a bowl using electric beaters, beat the cream cheese until fluffy, scraping the sides of the bowl often.
• 10 while beating, slowly pour in the sugar, again scraping the bowl often.
• 11 beat in the corn starch.
• 12 slowly pour in the irish cream and beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• 13 pour the chocolate mixture into the cheesecake filling and blend well.
• 14 scrape the filling into the pan and bake for 30 minutes.
• 15 without opening the oven door, turn off the oven and leave the cheesecake in another 30 minutes.
• 16 remove, let cool to room temperature, then chill over night.