Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheese Cake

Makes 10 slices

Axe

I found this using my StumbleUpon.com toolbar, I first made it for my girlfriend June on her 21st birthday

ingredients

1 1/4 cups chocolate chip cookie crumbs (use a hard cookie like Chip’s Ahoy)
2 TBSP sugar
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
32 ounces cream cheese
1 cup dark brown sugar, loosely packed
1 cup granulated sugar
2 TBSP all-purpose flour, plus some for dusting the truffles
4 eggs
2 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla
approximately 20 cookie dough truffles, plus 5-8 to place on top (recipe follows)

1
Combine the cookie crumbs, 2 TBSP sugar and melted butter. Press this into the bottom of a 10 inch spring form pan. Bake crust for 10 minutes at 350F and set aside.
2
Mix the cheese and sugars with paddle attachment on medium speed, about 3 minutes.
3
Add in the flour on low speed. Add eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides and bottom after each egg. Add the egg yolks and vanilla and beat until completely incorporated.
4
Place truffles into a large bowl sprinkle with flour and light coat each one with flour (this helps them not all sink to the bottom). Remove and excess flour and fold into cheesecake, reserving a couple to place on the top.
5
Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Place the last few truffles on top of the cheesecake.
6
Wrap aluminum foil on the outside of the ban and bake in a water batch at 350F for approximately 1 1/2 hours. A knife inserted should come out clean when the cake is done.
7
Chill the cake overnight and then remove from the pan.