This is one Lynn has tinkered with for years. It's never had a bad review yet and is one of our most frequently requested recipes. It was our first Internet hit too. It got rave reviews from a dozen diferent cheesecake lovers in Sweeden, Australia, Canada, and England in early 1993.

Lynn Carlton

20 min. preparation, 50 min. cooking, for 12 (requires cooling in refrigerator before serving)

spring form cheesecake pan

8 oz chocolate wafer cookies

1/2 cup walnuts

1/2 cup melted butter

6 oz (1 cup) semi sweet chocolate pieces

24 oz softened cream cheese

1 1/2 cups sugar

4 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup sour cream

2 tsp grated orange peel

1. preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. crush cookies and walnuts with rolling pin until fine

3. blend in melted butter, press over bottom and sides of 9" spring form pan, and chill in freezer

(be careful to press cookie crust firmly at bottom corners of pan to make as thin as possible)

4. melt chocolate, cool, and pour into bowl

5. make filling by beating cream cheese until smooth, add sugar and continue beating until light and creamy

6. continue beating while adding eggs, vanilla, sour cream, and orange peel

7. stir 2 cups of filling into chococate and blend well

8. alternate pouring 1/2 cup of each batter until all is in spring form pan

9. swirl batters with a knife, then bake for 50 min. until done

10. cool on rack for 1 hr. then refrigerate

This page was updated on 4-14-98. If you have queries or comments, email rcarlton@arkansas.net