Title: Kelli's Mounds Cheesecake
Categories: Cheesecake Nut
Yield: 12 Servings
| | | Crust: |
| 2 | c | Vanilla wafer crumbs or oreo |
| 1 1/2 | c | Coconut |
| 6 | | Butter; melted |
| | | Mix and pat into bottom and |
| | | Of springform pan |
| | | Filling: |
| 2 | lb | Cream cheese; unwrapped and |
| | | Microwave for 2 mins on high |
| 5 | | Jumbo eggs; unshelled and wa |
| | | In micro for 25 secs. |
| 1 | c | Sugar |
| 1/2 | c | Heavy cream |
| 1/4 | c | Cornstarch |
| 1 | ts | Coconut extract or 1 cup coc |
| | | And 1/2 cup coconut |
| 1 | c | Almonds; coarsly chopped |
Beat cheese until light and fluffy. Add sugar and beat again. Add eggs one
at a time; beating after each. Add cream, cornstarch and extract. Mix well.
Stir in nuts. Pour into pan. Bake at 425 for 15 minutes with a pan of water
on the bottom rack of oven. Reduce temp to 300 and bake 1 hour longer. Run
knife around edge of cake. Cool. Top with melted chocolate and whole
almonds.