Coffee Chocolate Cheesecake (lightened Version)

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups crushed chocolate graham crackers (about 18)
• 1/3 cup reduced-fat butter, melted
• vegetable oil cooking spray
• 4 (8 ounce) packages reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup coffee liqueur (such as kahlua)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
• 4 large eggs
• 4 (1 ounce) bittersweet chocolate squares
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsel
• 1/4 cup half-and-half
• 2 teaspoons reduced-fat butter
• 3 tablespoons strong brewed coffee

Recipe

• 1 stir together crushed graham crackers and melted butter; press mixture into bottom and up sides of a 9" springform pan coated with cooking spray.
• 2 bake at 350°f for 10 minutes. cool on a wire rack. reduce oven temperature to 325°f.
• 3 beat cream cheese and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended. add liqueur, vanilla, and coffee granules, beating at low speed until well blended. add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears after each addition.
• 4 remove and reserve 1 cup cream cheese mixture. pour remaining batter into prepared crust.
• 5 microwave chocolate in a medium size, microwave safe bowl 1 minute or until melted, stirring after 30 seconds. stir reserved 1 cup cream cheese mixture into melted chocolate, blending well (mixture will be thick). spoon mixture in lines on top of batter in pan; gently swirl with a knife.
• 6 bake at 325°f for 1 hour or until almost set. turn oven off. let cheesecake stand in oven, with door closed, 30 minutes. remove cheesecake from oven, and gently run a knife around outer edge of cheesecake to loosen from sides of pan. (do not remove sides of pan.) cool 1 hour on a wire rack. cover and chill at least 4 hours.
• 7 remove sides of springform pan. serve with mocha sauce.
• 8 for mocha sauce:.
• 9 cook first 3 ingredients in a small heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring often, 2 to 3 minutes or until smooth. remove from heat and stir in coffee. serve warm.