••••CHOCOLATE EGGNOG CHEESECAKE🧀🍫🥚🍰🍜!!••••

(Source: allrecipes.com & photos also & Bill Sinclair & adapted from tasteofhome.com & kathyphotos & chocolate ganache made by Kathy)

****CHOCOLATE EGGNOG PIE!!

 http://allrecipes.com

• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
  
  
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
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  1 cup sugar

• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup eggnog
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons rum
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
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Directions

• Prep

  30 m

• Cook

  55 m

• Ready In

  1 h 25 m

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. In a medium bowl combine graham cracker crumbs, 2 tablespoons sugar and butter. Press into the bottom of a 9 inch spring form pan.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes. Place on a wire rack to cool.
4. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
5. In a food processor combine cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, flour and eggnog; process until smooth. Blend in eggs, rum and nutmeg. Pour mixture into cooled crust.
6. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.
7. Reduce heat to 250 and bake for 45 minutes, or until center of cake is barely firm to the touch. Remove from the oven and immediately loosen cake from rim. Let cake cool completely before removing the rim.
   
   http://tasteofhome.com
   
   
   
   For chocolate ganache on top of cheesecake:
   
   
   I microwave safe bowl add 1/2 cup cocoa powder and 1/3 cup margarine, heat for 30 seconds, then stir well add 2 teaspoons sugar.  Mix well. 
   Chocolate mixture will cool quickly so you can reheat at 30 second intervals to keep mixture warm to spread on the cheesecake.
   
   
    Top with whipped cream, if desired.
   
    

Footnotes

• Tip
• Aluminum foil can be used to keep food moist, cook it evenly, and make clean-up easier.