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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Wrap outside bottom and side of 8 or 9 inch springform pan with heavy duty foil. (to prevent leaks) Spray inside of pan with cooking spray. Grind and mix wafers with 3/4 tsp cinnamon (I use a food processor or blender) mix in melted butter; press into bottom of pan. Note: If making Mini's put small amout of crust mix in each muffin liner and tamp down. Bake crust 8 to 10 minutes or until set. (For Mini's just a few minutes) Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees. Cool crust 10 minutes before filling. | 2. In 2 quart saucepan, melt chocolate chips and cream over medium - low heat; stir until smooth. In large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, pepper, 1/2 tsp cinnamon and vanilla with mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, just until blended. Stir in chocolate mixture. Pour over crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until edge of cheesecake is set 2 inches from edge of pan but center still jiggles slightly. Turn oven off; open oven door 4 inches. Leave cheesecake in oven 30 minutes. After removing cake from oven run a metal spatula around the edge of pan. Cool on rack for 30 minutes. Refrigerate 6 hours or overnight. Run spatula around edge of pan again; remove side of pan. Top with whipped cream and sprinkle remaining 1/2 tsp cinnamon if desired. You can also put some chocolate shavings on top to fancy it up. Store in refridgerator. Note: Mini's take about 12 min to cook. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
vanilla wafer	1 1/2	cups	crushed	529.2	88.32	6.0	18.24
cinnamon	3/4	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
butter	3	tablespoons	melted	256.5	11.7855	8.0145	21.6
chocolate chip	1 1/2	1/2	semi-sweet	-	-	-	-
whipping cream	1/2	cup		175.2	1.776	1.3019999999999998	18.546
cream cheese	3	packages	softened	-	-	-	-
sugar	1/2	cup		402.99	100.79799999999999	0.0	0.0
cayenne pepper	1/16	teaspoon		0.3578	0.0637	0.0135	0.0194
cinnamon	1	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
vanilla	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
egg	3			214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.