Spiced Eggnog Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs (about 8 crushed whole crackers)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, at room temp
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch ground cloves
• 1 egg
• 1 3/4 cups prepared eggnog
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 8 ounces sour cream
• 6 ounces baking chocolate
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 for crust combine crumbs, sugar, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, and butter in small bowl until well blended. press over bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
• 3 bake 10 minutes, transfer pan to wire rack to cool, leave oven on.
• 4 for filling, beat cream cheese in medium bowl until smooth.
• 5 in small bowl mix sugar, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves.
• 6 add cream cheese, beat until smooth.
• 7 beat in egg, then add eggnog slowly, beating continuously, finally beat in vanilla.
• 8 pour onto crust in assembled pan. tap lightly to release air bubbles.
• 9 bake in preheated oven 1 hour.
• 10 remove, spread sour cream over top and bake for 5 more minutes. let cool on rack until cake is cool to touch, refrigerate.
• 11 for curls, line loaf pan with foil, leaving overhangs.
• 12 melt chocolate in top of double boiler over barely simmering, not boiling water, stirring until smooth. stir in nutmeg, then pour into pan spreading evenly.
• 13 refrigerate until firm.
• 14 lift chocolate bar out of pan. then using veggie peeler scrape into loose curls and arrange on top of cake!
• 15 enjoy!