Step #1 --FILLING----- 3 pk Cream cheese,room temp 1 c Granulated sugar 3 ea Eggs, hazelnuts, lightly beaten 3 tb Creme de cocoa 1 pt Sour cream 2 tb Granulated sugar 1 ea Whole hazelnut, shelled For crust: mix vanilla wafer crumbs, 8-oz, sugar & melted butter in medium bowl & mix thoroughly.
Step #2 Pat mixture into bottom & sides of 8-inch springform pan.
Step #3 put in the fridge until firm, approx 30 mins.
Step #4 preheat your trusty oven to 300F degrees.
Step #5 Bake crust 15 mins.
Step #6 Let cool completely.
Step #7 For Filling: preheat your trusty oven to 350 degrees.
Step #8 Beat cream cheese at low speed in large bowl of electric mixer until smooth.
Step #9 slowly beat in 1 c sugar.
Step #10 Add eggs & creme de cocoa & mix until completely smooth, stopping once to scrape down sides of bowl.
Step #11 pour this into cooled crust.
Step #12 bake this until set, about 45-50 mins.
Step #13 Let cool slightly.
Step #14 (Retain oven temperature at 350 degrees.
Step #15 ) mix sour cream & remaining sugar in medium bowl & mix well.
Step #16 Using rubber spatula, spread mixture over cheesecake to within 1/2 inch of edge.
Step #17 Bake 5 mins.
Step #18 Preheat broiler.
Step #19 Run cheesecake under broiler, until top is lightly browned, watching carefully, about 1-2 mins.
Step #20 Let cool.
Step #21 put in the fridge at least 5 hrs, or overnight.
Step #22 Cheesecake can be put in the fridged up to one week.
Step #23 Set the hazelnut in center of cake before serving.
Step #24 Serves 8-12.
Step #25 This taken from my mother's recipe collection, _Cooking with Don Bingham_, she got this one watching KTHV-11, Little Rock, on "Arkansas Today" Show, Sep 26, 1990.
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