Marble Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 5 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted, divided

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 400°f.
• 2 in small bowl, all crust ingredients.
• 3 mix well with a fork or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 4 stir in 2 tablespoons melted chocolate chips.
• 5 reserve remaining chocolate.
• 6 press crumb mixture in the bottom of a pan.
• 7 bake at 400°f for 10 minutes.
• 8 remove from oven and reduce heat to 325°f.
• 9 in large bowl, beat cream cheese and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
• 10 stir in 3 tablespoons flour, vanilla, and almond extract.
• 11 beat in eggs, one at a time, just until blended.
• 12 stir in sour cream.
• 13 remove 1 1/2 cups filling and place in small bowl; stir in melted chocolate.
• 14 pour 1/2 of the plain filling into pan, top with 8 spoonfuls of chocolate mix.
• 15 pour remaining plain filling on top; drizzle the rest of the chocolate filling on top.
• 16 swirl filling with a table knife to get a marble effect.
• 17 place springform pan in a larger pan, add boiling water to the inside of the large pan.
• 18 place both pans in the oven for 1 to 1 1/4 hours (temp. should be 325°f) or until center is set.
• 19 cool 10 minutes; run knife around edge of the pan to loosen.
• 20 remove sides of pan and cool 2 hours.
• 21 refrigerate at least 8 hours before serving.