German Chocolate Cheese Cake
Ingredients:
Crust
2 cups chocolate graham cracker crumbs or chocolate cookie crumbs
Filling
16 ounces cream cheese
1 cup granulated sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 can cherry pie filling (no bake cake filling will work too)
Topping
1/2 can cherry pie filling
Sweet German chocolate (or milk chocolate)
Coconut (optional)
Mix crust ingredients and spread in bottom of pan.
Mix softened cream cheese, vanilla extract, sugar and eggs. Put half of mixture in pan. Next layer about half of a can of cherry pie filling. Cover the cherries with the other half of the filling mixture.
Bake in a preheated 450 degree F oven for about 10 minutes, then reduce temperature to 200 degrees F and bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until filling is set.
When cool, spread the other half of the cherry pie filling on top, drizzle with melted chocolate and sprinkle coconut on top (if using).
B-man
