Chocolate Glazed Bailey's Irish Cream Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 whole graham crackers
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
• 7 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 2 large eggs
• 6 tablespoons sour cream
• 6 tablespoons baileys irish cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 9 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• chocolate curls (optional)

Recipe

• 1 for crust: preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 finely grind graham crackers in a food processor.
• 3 add butter and blend until combined.
• 4 press crust mixture onto bottom (not sides) of a 9-inch diameter springform pan.
• 5 bake crust until golden brown, about 8 minutes.
• 6 remove pan from oven, and maintain oven temperature.
• 7 for filling: beat cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl until smooth.
• 8 beat in flour.
• 9 add eggs one at a time, beating just until combined.
• 10 mix in remaining ingredients.
• 11 pour filling into crust (cake will not fill pan).
• 12 bake 10 minutes.
• 13 reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees.
• 14 continue baking cheesecake until set, about 40 minutes longer.
• 15 cool cake in pan on a rack for 10 minutes.
• 16 run a sharp knife around pan sides to loosen cake.
• 17 cool.
• 18 chill overnight.
• 19 for glaze: bring cream to simmer in a heavy medium sized saucepan.
• 20 reduce heat to low.
• 21 add chopped chocolate (i use chocolate chips!) and stir until smooth.
• 22 cool glaze to lukewarm.
• 23 release pan sides from cheesecake.
• 24 place cheesecake on rack set over a baking sheet.
• 25 pour glaze over cheesecake, spreading with a spatula to cover top and sides, allowing excess to drip onto sheet.
• 26 refrigerate until glaze sets, about 30 minutes.
• 27 transfer cheesecake to platter.
• 28 garnish with chocolate curls, if desired.