Dark Chocolate Cheesecake

Prep Time: 15min + Chilling Overnight
Cook Time: 5min
Bake Time: 40min
Total Time: 1hr + Overnight
Yield: 6 Servings

Ingredients

1/2 Cup Crushed Oreo Cookies, without the cream

1 Tblspn Sugar
1 1/2 Tblspn Butter, melted

1 Cup Dark Chocolate Chips

1 Cup Cream Cheese
1/3 Cup Sugar
1 Tblspn All Purpose Flour
1 Large Egg

1 Tspn Vanilla Extract

3/4 Cup Milk

Dark Chocolate Chips for topping, optional

Directions

• Grease a 9-inch glass baking pan with little butter & keep aside.
• In a small bowl, add crushed oreo cookies, 1 tablespoon sugar, butter & combine everything well. Press onto the bottom of a greased 9-inch glass baking pan.
• Bring about an inch of water to a boil in a sauce pan on a medium flame, place dark chocolate in a stainless steel bowl & place it over boiling water without touching it. Stir chocolate until melted. 




• Turn off the flame & allow it to cool at room temperature.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven at 350F(176.6C).
• In a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar & flour until smooth with a hand held mixer. Add eggs, beat on low speed just until combined. Stir in melted chocolate just until blended. 

• Pour filling over crust.

• Bake for 40 minutes or until center is almost set. Remove the pan from oven, let it cool at room temperature & carefully run a knife around the edge of a pan to loosen. Top it with few dark chocolate chips & refrigerate overnight.  
• Slice the dark chocolate cheese cake with a clean knife & serve.

Note: 

• Stays fresh for a week when refrigerated.
• While baking if the top layer of cheese cake is changing its colour to golden brown then cover with a silver foil & continue to bake.