Chambord Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup chocolate wafers or 1 cup graham cracker, crumbs
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter or 3 tablespoons melted unsalted margarine
• 19 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup seedless raspberry preserves (more if needed)
• 4 tablespoons chambord raspberry liquor
• fresh raspberry
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting the top of cheesecake

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350ºf.
• 2 mix crumbs, 2 tablespoons sugar and melted butter together. press into bottom of 9" springform pan. bake 10 minutes; cool.
• 3 lower heat in oven to 300ºf.
• 4 beat softened cream cheese in large mixing bowl. add 1 cup sugar gradually, beat it until fluffy.
• 5 add vanilla, preserves, and chambord. beat in eggs 1 at a time.
• 6 pour over crumb mixture. bake until center is firm, about 1 hour.
• 7 cool to room temperature. refrigerate at least 3 hours but no longer than 10 days.
• 8 loosen edge of cheesecake with knife before removing side of pan.
• 9 garnish with raspberries around cheesecake.