This Yuletide cheesecake makes a delicious
elegant dessert for all your holiday dinners.
Yuletide
Cheesecake
- Crust:
1 1/2 cups chocolate graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine, melted
Cheesecake:
36 NESTLÉ BUTTERFINGER or Milk Chocolate Jingles
3 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3 large eggs
Topping:
1 (16-ounce) container sour cream
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350°F
(175°C).
- For Crust: Grease bottom
and side of 9-inch springform pan.
- Combine graham cracker
crumbs and butter in medium bowl. Press onto bottom of prepared
pan. Place in freezer for 5 minutes.
- For Cheesecake: Set aside
12 Nestlé Jingles to use for garnish. Unwrap and cut remaining
Nestlé Jingles in quarters.
- Beatcream cheese and sugar
in large mixer bowl until fluffy. Beat in vanilla extract. Beat
in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sprinkle
cut Nestlé Jingles over bottom of crust to 1/2-inch from
edge. Pour filling into crust.
- Bake for 50 minutes or
until center is set and edges begin to crack. Cool for 2 minutes
before adding sour cream topping.
- For Topping: Combine sour
cream, sugar and vanilla extract in medium bowl; mix well. Spread
over surface of warm cheesecake. Bake for 5 minutes. Remove from
oven and cool on wire rack.
- Refrigerate for several
hours or overnight. Remove side of springform pan. Garnish each
slice with one unwrapped Nestlé Jingle.
Makes 12 servings.
Cook's Note: NESTLÉ
Jingles are available mid-November through December.
Recipe and photograph are
the property of Nestlé® and Meals.com, used with permission.
