Peanut Butter Cheesecake (taste Of Home)

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 1 1/2 cups pretzels, crushed
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 40 ounces cream cheese (5 packages, softened)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 cup peanut butter chips
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup sour cream (8 ounces)
• 3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted peanuts, finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, combine pretzels and butter. press onto the bottom and 1 inch up the sides of a greased 10 inch spring form pan.
• 2 place pan on a baking sheet and bake at 350 for 5 minutes.
• 3 cool on a wire rack.
• 4 in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. add peanut butter and vanilla and mix well.
• 5 add eggs and beat on low just until combined. stir in chips.
• 6 pour over the crust. return pan to baking sheet.
• 7 bake at 350 for 50 to 55 minutes or until center is almost set.
• 8 remove from the oven and let stand for 15 minutes (leave oven on).
• 9 for topping, in a small bowl, combine the sour cream, peanut butter, and sugar and spread over filling.
• 10 sprinkle with nuts. bake 5 minutes longer.
• 11 cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. carefully run a knife around the edge of the pan and loosen.
• 12 cool 1 hour longer and remove sides of pan. refrigerate overnight.