Kelli's mounds cheesecake
12 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| -VCDT13A | ||
| Crust: | ||
| 2 | cups | Vanilla wafer crumbs or oreo |
| 1½ | cup | Coconut |
| 6 | Butter; melted | |
| Mix and pat into bottom and | ||
| Of springform pan | ||
| Filling: | ||
| 2 | pounds | Cream cheese; unwrapped and |
| Microwave for 2 mins on high | ||
| 5 | Jumbo eggs; unshelled and wa | |
| In micro for 25 secs. | ||
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| ½ | cup | Heavy cream |
| ¼ | cup | Cornstarch |
| 1 | teaspoon | Coconut extract or 1 cup coc |
| And 1/2 cup coconut | ||
| 1 | cup | Almonds; coarsly chopped |
Directions
Beat cheese until light and fluffy. Add sugar and beat again. Add eggs one at a time; beating after each. Add cream, cornstarch and extract. Mix well. Stir in nuts.
Pour into pan. Bake at 425 for 15 minutes with a pan of water on the bottom rack of oven. Reduce temp to 300 and bake 1 hour longer. Run knife around edge of cake. Cool. Top with melted chocolate and whole almonds.