One Bite Will Do U Cheesecake Second place, submitted by Kay Owen
Ingredients:
1/4 cup Oreo crumbs
1 cup graham-cracker crumbs
1/3 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
3 8 oz. packages cream cheese, softened
4 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 cup sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup chocolate syrup
Four-Layer Fudge Wafer roll cookies
Melted caramels (about 6)
Directions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine cookie and graham-cracker crumbs with melted butter in a medium bowl and mix well. Press mixture firmly into an 8-inch springform pan. Bake 6 to 8 minutes. Let crust cool, then spread top with peanut butter.
Place a pan of water in bottom rack of oven.
In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, eggs, sour cream, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Pour one cup of mixture into a bowl and stir in chocolate syrup. Pour remaining (white) cream-cheese mixture over crust. Pour chocolate mixture on top, then swirl chocolate mixture into white mixture with the tip of a knife in about 3 passes.
Place pan on middle rack of oven and bake 1 hour and 10 minutes to 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until almost set. Let cool.
Pour half of each layer of fudge mixture over top of cheesecake one layer at a time, letting each layer cool in refrigerator until firm before adding the next layer. Cut wafer rolls in varying lengths and, using melted caramels to help rolls adhere, line them upright around outer edge of cheesecake.
