Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cheesecake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup vanilla wafer crumbs (about 30 wafers)
1/4 cup cocoa
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick) or 1/4 cup margarine, melted (1/2 stick)
3 packages cream cheese, softened (8 oz. each)
1 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, ground
1 cup canned pumpkin
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups mini chocolate chips
to taste semi-sweet chocolate leaves (optional)

Preparation

Heat oven to 350'F.
In medium bowl, combine crumbs, cocoa and powdered sugar; stir in butter.
Press mixture onto bottom and 1/2 inch up side of 9-inch springform pan.
Bake 8 minutes; cool slightly.
increase oven temperature to 400 F.
In large mixer bowl, beat cream cheese, granulated sugar; flour and pumpkin pie spice until well blended.
Add pumpkin and eggs; beat until well blended.
Stir in small chocolate chips; pour into prepared Crust. Bake 10 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 250 F; continue baking 50 minutes.
Remove from oven to cooling rack; loosen cake from rim of pan.
Cool completely; remove rim.
Refrigerate. Garnish with chocolate leaves, if desired.
Cover; refrigerate leftovers.