Chocolate cherry cheesecake.
I was feeling very energetic this gorgeous weekend, so I thought, "why not make another cheesecake?" I dug out the holiday recipe pamphlet (it was one of those check out surprisers that has the picture of a perfectly incredible looking dessert on the front). It was the Christmas present for a friend in college- she wanted the cheesecake on the front, so we made it. I think the faculty room could definitely use another treat on Monday.
I wanted decadent chocolate cookies to start this guy and I immediately thought of the Archway Dutch Cocoa cookies that I remember my mother picking up when I was younger. Those cookies could not last a day in our house. Dunked in milk or on their own, they were amazing.
I initially planned on buying the cookies, but did a little google search and found a sumptuous recipe for dutch cocoa cookies. It's a blog called Bad Penguin, so ironic... These cookies were a no brainer and came out so delicious that they're beyond description.
The cheesecake itself was just as easy as I remember it. Two small issues: 1, it calls for a cup of cherry pie filling for the center- this looked like way too little, so I did a cup and a half and 2, the baking time seemed too low- I did an extra 8 minutes and was still a little worried about giving co-workers salmonella. The reaction in the faculty room on Monday morning was favorable: one of the English teachers renamed me "Saint Marty" for the day. Everyone else just thanked me and our trusty FACS (home ec) teacher allayed my fears about giving my co-workers salmonella again.
All in all, a productive cheesecake week.
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