Simple Cheesecake...with Some Jazz!

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs (you can buy "healthy" grams and make your own)
• 1/4 cup organic sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips (i use semi-sweet morsels)
• 2 organic eggs
• 12 ounces cream cheese, softened (two blocks)
• 1 cup organic sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/3 cup organic berry preserves (i use organic frozen berries...reduced and cooked down on the stove into a sauce consistency)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees
• 2 crust:.
• 3 in bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs and sugar, then add melted butter to coat.
• 4 press crumbs into spring-form pan to make crust.
• 5 spread a layer of chocolate chips over the crust.
• 6 filling:.
• 7 in mixing bowl, cream the cream cheese.
• 8 add eggs, one at a time, and mix until combined with the cream cheese (you should stop the mixer and scrape the bowl down during this process-making sure it's all incorporated really well).
• 9 add sugar and vanilla, and mix well on a lower speed.
• 10 add in fruit preserves or sauce and mix.
• 11 add cheesecake mixture to the crust and put in the oven.
• 12 bake 35-40 minutes.
• 13 when you take it out of the oven, put another layer of chocolate chips on top. the heat will melt them, and then spread the chocolate over top of cake.
• 14 cool to room temp, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate
• 15 add fresh fruit on top when ready to serve!