Philadelphia Chocolate Royale Cheesecake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Crust
18 Oreo cookies, finely crushed
2 tablespoons butter, melted
Filling
1 (4 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 (8 ounce) package baker semisweet baking chocolate, melted & slightly cooled
1/4 cup hazelnut-flavored liqueur (optional)
4 eggs

Preparation

Crust: Mix together cookie crumbs, sugar and butter; press into the bottom of a 9\" springform pan.
Bake@ 325 degrees for 10 minutes.
Filling: Mix together cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer until well blended.
Add chocolate, liqueur and eggs; mix just until blended.
Pour over crust.
Bake at 325 for 55-60 minutes or until center is almost set if using a silver springform pan (bake at 300 degrees for 60-65 minutes or until center is almost set if using a dark nonstick springform pan).
Run knife or metal spatula around the rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing the rim of pan.
Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.