Recipes - Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake -MOMS Club, Tampa

Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake
Submitted by Suzy R.

1-½ packages graham crackers crushed
5 Tablespoons butter, melted
½ cup sugar
32 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
5 jumbo eggs, room temperature
¼ cup cornstarch
1-teaspoon vanilla
½ cup whipping cream
8 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, chopped into pieces or 24 mini cups, quartered
Melted chocolate, optional

Mix first three ingredients and pat into a 10-inch spring form pan.

Cream the cheese until light. Add sugar and beat some more. Add eggs one at a time and beat after each. Mix in cream, vanilla and cornstarch. Stir in the candy, saving ½ cup for topping.

Pour into crust and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until outside edge is firm and middle is still soft. (Keep a pan of water in the bottom of the oven as the cake is baking to keep the humidity high and keep the cake from cracking.)

When the cake comes out of the oven, run a knife around the edge. Cool for several hours, then top with more chopped Reese's and drizzle with melted chocolate.