Candy Cane Cheesecake

Title:
Candy Cane Cheesecake

Yield:
1 -9" cake

Categories:
Desserts,
Cheesecakes,
Cakes




Ingredients:





 1 1/3 c  Chocolate Cookie Crumbs


     2 tb Sugar


   1/4 c  Butter or margarine


 1 1/2 c  Sour Cream


   1/2 c  Sugar


     3    Eggs


     1 tb Flour


     2 ts Vanilla


   1/4 ts Peppermint extract


     3    8oz packages of Cream Cheese


     2 tb Butter


   2/3 c  Crushed peppermint candy






 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.