German Chocolate Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1/4 cup flaked coconut
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 tablespoons half-and-half
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• pecan halves
• additional chocolate, for dipping

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in a medium mixing bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, melted butter, coconut and pecans.
• 3 press evenly into bottom and 1/2-inch up sides of a 9-inch springform pan.
• 4 bake in a 350°f oven for 8 to 10 minutes.
• 5 cool slightly.
• 6 increase oven temperature to 375°f.
• 7 in a saucepan, melt the chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly.
• 8 remove from heat; cool.
• 9 in large bowl, beat the cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar, sour cream and vanilla with electric mixer until thoroughly combined.
• 10 add the flour and beat well.
• 11 add the eggs and cooled chocolate all at once; beat on low speed until just combined.
• 12 spoon into cooled crust.
• 13 place on shallow baking pan in oven.
• 14 bake at 375°f for 45 to 50 minutes or until center appears nearly set when shaken.
• 15 cool on wire rack for 15 minutes.
• 16 loosen cake from sides of pan.
• 17 cool 30 minutes longer; remove sides of pan.
• 18 cool completely on wire rack.
• 19 to make coconut-pecan topping: in small saucepan, melt butter.
• 20 stir in brown sugar, half and half and corn syrup.
• 21 cook and stir over medium heat until it is bubbly.
• 22 stir in coconut, pecans and vanilla.
• 23 remove from heat and cool for 5 minutes.
• 24 spread coconut-pecan topping over cheesecake.
• 25 cover and refrigerate for 3 to 24 hours.
• 26 garnish with pecan halves dipped half-way in chocolate.