Chocolate Cranberry Cheesecake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/4 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 4 (1 ounce) chocolate baking squares, melted & cooled
• 1/4 cup dried cranberries
• 1 teaspoon orange zest

Recipe

• 1 combine crumbs and butter.
• 2 press on the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan. beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. add eggs, one at a time, and mix just until well blended.
• 3 stir in cranberries and zest.
• 4 pour into crust.
• 5 bake at 350°f for 45-50 minutes or until center is almost set.
• 6 cool completely, then refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.
• 7 decorate with orange slices, dried cranberries and chocolate curls.
• 8 enjoy!
• 9 note: i used splenda rather than sugar and it worked very well. i guessed at the number of servings.