Reese's peanut butter cup cheesecake Recipe

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Reese's peanut butter cup cheesecake

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Ingredients:

1 1/2	pack	GRAHAM CRACKERS, crushed
5	tbsp	BUTTER, melted
1/3	cup	SUGAR
		Mix and pat into a 10"
		-springform pan.
32	oz	CREAM CHEESE (good quality)
		-taken out of
		Package and warmed in
		-microwave for 2
		Minutes on high
1	cup	SUGAR
5		Jumbo EGGS, shelled and
		-placed in bowl then
		Warmed in microwave for 25
		-seconds
1/4	cup	CORNSTARCH
1	tsp	VANILLA
1/2	cup	WHIPPING CREAM
8		REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUPS
		-chopped into

Procedures:

1	medium-size pieces ** cream the cheese until light.
2	Add sugar and beat some more.
3	Add eggs one at a time and beat after each.
4	Mix in cream, vanilla and cornstarch.
5	Stir in the candy.
6	Pour into crust and bake at 350°F for 1 hour or so until outside edge is firm and middle is still soft.
7	(keep a pan of water in the bottom of the oven as the cake is baking to keep the humidity high and keep the cake from cracking.
8	When the cake comes out of the oven run a knife around the edge.
9	Cool for several hours then top with more chopped reese"s and drizzle with melted chocolate.
10	Optional- add 1 cup chopped peanuts to the crust or even add ?cup peanut butter to the cake (after the eggs and before the cream).