Cakes and Cheesecakes

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake On A Brownie Crust:

This delicious cheesecake is not my own recipe so I will give the credit to "Shop Bakers Nook."  But it is absolutely awesome and I thought you all might like to try it.  It is a lot of work and ingredients, but it is definitely worth it!

Ingredients:

Brownie Crust:

• 6 Tablespoons Butter, melted plus 1 T. butter to grease pan
• 1-¼ cup Sugar
• 1 Tablespoon Vanilla
• 2 Eggs
• 1 cup plus 2 Tablespoons Flour
• ⅓ cups Unsweetened Cocoa
• ½ teaspoons Baking Powder
• ½ teaspoons Salt
• 1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
• 1 cup Peanut Butter Chips
• 6 whole Peanut Butter Cups, Cut Into Quarters

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Butter a 9-inch springform pan, line with a parchment round and butter the parchment.
Stir together butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl.
Add eggs.
Stir in flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
Spread in prepared pan. Bake about 25 minutes.
Remove from oven and sprinkle on choc chips, peanut butter chips and the peanut butter cups. Lower oven to 325!!!!! Pour the cheesecake batter right on top (directions below)

Cheesecake Batter:

• 2 pounds Cream Cheese, Soft
• 5 eggs
• 1 ½ cups Brown Sugar, Firmly Packed
• 1 cup creamy Peanut Butter
• ½ cups Heavy Cream
• 1 Tablespoon Vanilla

Beat cream cheese in bowl of mixer until smooth.
Add eggs, one at a time.
Add sugar, peanut butter and cream until smooth.
Add vanilla.
Pour filling into pan. Make sure you lowered oven to 325 at this point
Wrap foil around springform sides and set in large roasting pan. Add hot water to roasting pan so it comes up 1 inch the sides of the pan. (You are making a water bath) Place entire roasting pan in the oven.
Bake at 325 for 90 minutes.
Let cool 1 hour.
Run knife around edge and chill at least 4 hours.