Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake

By ezunich

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 4 (8 oz pkg) cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 5 eggs, at room temperature
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 8 Reese's Peanut Butter cups
• 1 1/2 packages graham crackers, crushed
• 5 tbs butter, melted
• 1/3 cup sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Crust:
Mix all ingredients and pat into a 10 inch springform pan.

Cake:
Chop peanut butter cups. Cream the cheese until light. Add sugar and beat some more. Add eggs, one at a time and beat after each. Mix cream, vanilla and cornstarch. Stir in candy. pour into crust and bake at 350° for 1 hour or so until outside edge is firm and middle is still soft. When the cake comes out of the oven, run a knife around the edge. Cool for several hours then top with melted chocolate.