Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake

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I have never really had the best of luck with cheesecakes… I think one of the reasons is the low fat cream cheese that is available here.. well obviously you do get better cream cheeses here but I personally think for a teeny tub of 200gm is 500 odd rupee is ridiculous. I made this with the low fat cream cheese and also used some greek yogurt for a good depth of flavour. Made this for a dinner party aaaaaand it was a hit… Its a chocolate chip cookie base, chocochip cheesecake garnished with chunks of chocochip cookie bits and dark chocolate…. just the perfect amount of sweetness is what makes this special 😉

Ingredients:
Chocolate Chip Cookie Base:

Flour – 120 gm
Butter – 100gm
Egg – 1
Dark brown sugar – 75gm
Sugar – 50gm
Vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon
Sea salt – pinch
Dark chocolate chips – a handful (about 75gm)

Choco- Chip Cheesecake:

Cream Cheese – 360gm
Greek yogurt – 125ml
Sugar – 3 tablespoons
Eggs – 2 large
Lemon juice – 2 teaspoons
salt – a pinch
Dark chocolate chips – a handful (about 75gm)

Dark Chocolate glaze:

Dark chocolate – 100gm (melted)

Method:
Chocolate Chip Cookie Base:

In a large bowl, add the flour, brown sugar, sugar, salt and sugar.
Mix all of them well, make a well in the middle and add the egg and vanilla extract.
Mix well. Melt the butter and pour it into the cookie mix.
Add the chocolate chips and fold into the cookie dough.
Divide the cookie dough to 3/4 th and 1/4th.
Flatten the 3/4th of the cookie dough into a thick round disk, the size of the cake pan (10cm) approx.
Chill it in the refrigerator for about 30-40 minutes.
Make the remaining 1/4th of cookie dough into small chunks and chill it as well.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius. Grease and line the cake tin, place the cookie dough dish in the cake tin.
Bake for 10 minutes. It needs to be partially baked. Once done, let the cake tin to cool.
Bake the chocolate chip chunks also for 10 minutes and let it cool.

Choco chip Cheesecake:

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees celsius.
In a large bowl, add the cream cheese, greek yogurt, eggs, lemon juice and sugar.
Beat all until completely mixed.
Fold in half the choco chips in the batter. Pour the batter on top of the chocochip cookie bas that was partially baked.
Sprinkle the rest of the choco chips on top of the batter.
Cover the cake tin with silver foil, bake for 30 minutes.
Remove the foil and bake for another 15 minutes, until the cake is slightly wobbly.
Chill the cheesecake for an hour or two.

Finishing the cake: