Recipe: Chocolate-Amaretto Cheesecake and Chocolate Mint Cheesecake

Chocolate-Amaretto Cheesecake and Chocolate Mint Cheesecake
From: Light and Easy Cooking Collection, Oxmoor House
Yield: 12 servings (about 200 calories per serving)

6 Chocolate wafers, finely crushed
1 1/2 cups Light process cream cheese product
1 cup Sugar
1 cup 1% low-fat cottage cheese
1/4 cup Plus 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
1/4 cup All-purpose flour
1/4 cup Amaretto
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 Egg
2 Tablespoons Semisweet chocolate mini-morsels

For Garnish: chocolate curls

Sprinkle chocolate wafer crumbs in bottom of a 7-inch springform pan.

Set aside. Position knife blade in food processor bowl; add cream cheese and next 7 ingredients, processing until smooth. Add egg and process just until blended. Fold in chocolate morsels.

Slowly pour mixture over crumbs in pan. Bake at 300 F for 65 to 70 minutes or until cheesecake is set. Let cool in pan on wire rack.

Cover and chill at least 8 hours. Remove sides of pan, and transfer cheesecake to serving platter. Garnish with chocolate curls, if desired.

You can substitute an 8-inch pan for this cheesecake recipe, if desired. The larger cheesecake will require only 45 to 50 minutes baking time.

CHOCOLATE MINT CHEESECAKE: Substitute 1/4 cup creme de menthe for amaretto. Yield: 12 servings (about 197 calories per serving).