Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake

It does not get better than this people.

Ingredients:
Crust

1. 4 tablespoons of melted butter
2. 2 1/2 cups of chocolate cookie crumbs 

Filling

1. 4 (8-ounce) blocks of cream cheese
2. 1 cup of sugar
3. 4 large eggs
4. 1 teaspoon of all purpose-flour
5. 1 teaspoon of vanilla
6. 1 cup of sour cream

Cookie Dough

1. 1/2 a cup of butter
2. 1/2 a cup of sugar
3. 1/3 a cup of packed light brown sugar
4. 2 tablespoons of water or milk
5. 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
6. 1 cup of all purpose flour
7. 1/4 teaspoon of salt
8. 2 cup of mini chocolate chips

Directions:

Cookie Dough

1. Combine the butter and sugars
2. Add water (or milk) and vanilla and blend
3. Add the flour, salt, and 1 cup of the chocolate chips and mix
4. Roll the dough into small balls and place them on a baking sheet and put the in the freezer to harden

Crust

1. Grease the bottom and sides of a 10-inch springform pan
2. in a bowl, combine the butter with the chocolate cookie crumbs
3. Press them onto the bottom and about halfway up the sides of the prepared pan

Cheesecake

1. Using an electronic mixer, beat the cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and flour
2. Add the vanilla and sour cream and mix (do not over mix)

1. Pour half the batter into the prepared crust
2. Gently stir in the cookie dough balls and the one additional cup of mini chocolate chips into the remaining batter 
3. Pour into the pan, spreading the batter to the sides of the pan and evening it out across the top
4. Bake at 325 degrees for one hour
5. Turn off the oven and open the door several inches and let the cheesecake sit like that in the oven for 30 minutes
6. Remove the cake and let it cool
7. Refrigerate it over night

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ALPHA