Post by zanadu on Dec 30, 2008 11:18:19 GMT -5
CRUST
1 1/3 c Chocolate Cookie Crumbs
2 tb Sugar
1/4 c Butter or margarine
FILLING
1 1/2 c Sour Cream
1/2 c Sugar
3 Eggs
1 tb Flour
2 ts Vanilla
1/4 t Peppermint extract
3 packages Cream Cheese -- (8 oz)
2 tb Butter
2/3 c Crushed peppermint candy canes
Preheat oven to 325F. Combine first 3 ingredients and press into a 9-
inch
springform pan.
Blend sour cream, sugar, eggs, flour and both extracts until smooth.
Add cream
cheese and 2 T butter. Stir in crushed candy. Pour into crust and
bake on lowest
rack of oven for 50-60 minutes or until firm. Allow to cool (top may
crack) and
refrigerate overnight. Remove from pan and serve. Top with sweetened
whip cream
and garnish with candy cane if desired.