Applebees Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake,  Bad Slice Joke  - November 01, 2004

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Hi Y'all,

How was your Halloween? Ours was pretty quiet, until Georgette and the boys came back! Ever see a duck go quackers for chocolate?
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Today's Recipe:

Applebee's Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake
CRUST

2 cups chocolate cookie crumbs - (more if needed)
1 cup roasted unsalted peanuts -- coarsely chopped
1/2 cup unsalted butter -- melted
4 tablespoons golden brown sugar - (firmly packed)
1 pinch salt

FILLING
4 packages cream cheese - (8 ounce ea) -- room temperature
1 1/2 cup golden brown sugar - (firmly packed)
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 large eggs
1/4 cup whipping cream
2 1/2 cups Reese's Peanut Butter Cups in 3/4" pieces

TOPPING
1 bag semi-sweet chocolate chips - (12 oz)
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup water

For Crust: Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
Butter 9-inch spring form pan. Mix chocolate cookie crumbs, chopped peanuts, melted butter, brown sugar and pinch of salt in bowl until well combined. Press mixture evenly onto bottom and sides of pan.
Bake until set, about 8 minutes. Set aside to cool. Reduce oven to 325 degrees.

For Filling: Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and brown sugar in large bowl until smooth. Add peanut butter and vanilla extract and beat just until blended. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition. Add whipping cream and beat until smooth. Stir in peanut butter cup pieces. Pour filling into crust.
Bake until sides of cake are set, but center still moves slightly,
about 55 minutes. Cool cake in pan.

For Topping: Place all ingredients in microwavable bowl and heat at 50% power for 30 seconds. Stir. Continue to heat at 10 second intervals until chocolate is barely melted. Do Not Overheat. Stir until smooth and pour over top of cheesecake, spreading chocolate to edges. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

Posted by Kaci at the message board under category "CopyCat Recipes" at the message board-Thanks!
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Today's Joke:
Submitted by loves2eat at the message board-Thanks!

Bad Slice (Golf Joke)

Joe, a notoriously bad golfer, hits his ball off the first tee and watches as it slices to the right and disappears through an open window. Figuring that's the end of it, he gets another ball out of his bag and plays on.

On the eighth hole, a police officer walks up to Joe on the course and says, "Did you hit a golf ball through a window back there?"

Joe says, "Yes I did."

"Well," says the police officer, "it knocked a lamp over, scaring the dog, which raced out of the house onto the highway...

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~~Peggy And That Wacky Quacky, Georgette!
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