S'mores Cheesecake

Total Time: 6 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 6 hrs Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, melted
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup miniature marshmallow
• 1 cup miniature marshmallow
• 1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon vegetable shortening

Recipe

• 1 for the crust: grease bottom and sides of a 10" springform pan.
• 2 combine cracker crumbs and sugar.
• 3 stir in butter.
• 4 spread on the bottom and about 1 1/2" up the sides the pan.
• 5 set aside.
• 6 for the filling: beat together cream cheese, milk and vanilla until smooth.
• 7 add lightly beaten eggs and mix well.
• 8 stir in mini chips and marshmallows.
• 9 pour over crust.
• 10 bake at 325º for 40 to 45 minutes or until center of cake is set.
• 11 for the topping: sprinkle top of cake with mini marshmallows.
• 12 melt chocolate chips and shortening together and stir until smooth.
• 13 drizzle mixture over marshmallow topped cheesecake in a zigzag pattern.
• 14 bake at 325º for 5 to 7 minutes or until marshmallows are very lightly browned.
• 15 remove from oven.
• 16 cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• 17 run a knife around the edge of the pan to loosen.
• 18 cool at room temperature for 1 hour, then refrigerate at least 6 hours.
• 19 remove sides of pan before serving.