Chocolate Cheesecake

Ingredients

Crust

• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1 1/4 cups chocolate cookie crumbs

Cake

• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened

• 1 (300 ml) can sweetened condensed milk
• 8 semi-sweet chocolate baking squares, melted
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Directions

1. 1

   Crust.

2. 2

   Mix melted crumbs and butter. Press on bottom of springform pan. Wrap 3 layers of heavy-duty foil around the outside of the pan, bringing foil to top of rim.

3. 3

   Cake.

4. 4

   Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

5. 5

   Beat cream cheese until fluffy.

6. 6

   Add condensed milk and beat until smooth.

7. 7

   Add chocolate, eggs and vanilla and mix well.

8. 8

   Pour batter into prepared pan. Place cake in large roasting pan. Add enough hot water to roasting pan to come halfway up sides of cake pan.

9. 9

   Bake cake until center no longer moves when pan is gently shaken, about 50 minutes.