Irish Cream Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 3/4 cups finely crushed chocolate graham crackers
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 4 eggs
• 1/3 cup irish cream, liqueur
• 3/4 cup real semisweet mini chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon flour

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375°f.
• 2 in medium bowl stir together all crust ingredients until crumbly. press on bottom and 1 inch up side of lightly greased 9-inch springform pan; set aside.
• 3 in large mixer bowl, combine sugar and cream cheese. beat at medium speed until creamy. continue beating, adding eggs 1 at a time, until well mixed. do not overbeat.
• 4 by hand, stir in liqueur.
• 5 in small bowl stir together 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 1 teaspoon flour.
• 6 gently stir into cream cheese mixture.
• 7 pour batter into crust. sprinkle remaining chocolate chips over batter.
• 8 bake for 45 to 55 minutes until center is set or until firm to touch. cool 10 minutes.
• 9 loosen side of cheesecake by running knife around inside of pan.
• 10 cover; refrigerate at least 3 hours.
• 11 to garnish, pipe whipped cream over top of cheesecake and top with chocolate curls, if desired.