Ingredients:
- 1-1/4 cup Chocolate Cookie Crumbs
- 2 packages (8 ounces each) Cream Cheese (softened)
- 1 cup Sour Cream
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tblsp sugar (divided)
- 1/4 cup Butter (melted)
- 21 oz can Cherry Pie Filling
- 1 tsp Vanilla (divided)
- 2 Eggs
How to make sweetheart cheesecake:
- For preparing crust, mix cookie crumbs and butter until well mixed or blended.
- Press mixture onto bottom of pan.
- Bake it for 8-9 minutes in a preheated oven to 350°F.
- Let it cool.
- For preparing filling, beat cream cheese, 1/2 tsp vanilla and 1/2 cup sugar in bowl with mixer until blended well.
- Beat in eggs.
- Pour into cooled crust and bake till center is almost set; it will take around 40 minutes.
- For preparing topping, mix sour cream, remaining 1 tsp sugar and remaining 1/2 tsp vanilla in a bowl.
- Spread it evenly over top of cheesecake.
- Sprinkle teaspoons of sauce from cherry pie filling onto sour cream topping.
- Pull tip of knife through cherry sauce to make hearts.
- Cover and let it freeze for 3 hours.
- Serve remaining cherry pie filling over slices of cheesecake.