Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

By srumbel

Ingredients

• Ganache:
• 1 Graham Cracker Crust
• 8 0unces cream cheese, at room temp
• 1/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips (or whatever chocolate chips you have)
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup heavy cream

Preparation

Step 1

1.Place softened cream cheese, egg, vanilla, and condensed milk in a mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Stir in chocolate chips and pour into crust.
2.Bake at 350 for 25-28 minutes, or until set in the center. Allow to cool completely.
To make Ganache, combine chocolate chips and heavy cream in a small sauce pot over low heat. Stir constantly until melted and well blended. Pour over top of cheesecake and allow to cool.
3.Cover and refrigerate several hours before serving.
See the body of my post for instructions on making the ganache in the microwave.
How I’m making it: I’m making it an easier way though.. my microwave. I have stopped sharing microwave recipes and such on SouthernPlate because I find that so many folks have vastly varying wattages in their microwaves and it really requires personal judgement and a careful eye to watch things cooked that way. Having said that, if you feel like doing it the easy way, join me in the next step.
Heat this in the microwave for about 30 seconds.

Stir, stir, stir.

Please do this on the stove top if you have an older microwave or don’t feel comfortable using your personal judgement to know when to stop heating.

Heat it another thirty seconds.

Stir, stir,stir.

Repeat one more time.

Stir, stir, stir.

By this time, our bowl is already very warm and if there are little bits of chips that have not yet melted, just keep stirring because between that and the warm bowl, they will melt soon.

Once it is all smooth and creamy