Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Photo: flickr user ajagendorf25

Ingredients

Pastry crust

3 pkgs. (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened

3/4 cup sugar

1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen sliced strawberries

2/3 cup unsifted all-purpose flour

3 eggs

1 teaspoon BLAIR strawberry flavoring

5 drops BLAIR red food coloring

1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Sweetened whipped cream for garnish

Fresh strawberries for garnish

cup butter, softened

cup sugar

1 egg

1 1/4 cups unsifted all-purpose flour

Preparation

Prepare pastry crust, set aside. Beat cream cheese and sugar in large mixer bowl until smooth. Puree strawberries, with syrup, in blender, add to cream cheese mixture. Blend in flour, eggs, flavoring and food color. Stir in mini chocolate chips. Pour into prepared crust.

Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes, without opening oven door, decrease temperature to 250 degrees and continue to bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until set. Cool, loosen cake from side of pan. Cover, chill for several hours or overnight. Serve topped with sweetened whipped cream and fresh strawberries.

Cream butter and sugar in small mixer bowl; blend in egg. Add flour, mix well. Spread dough on bottom and 1 1/2 inches up sides of a 9 inch spring form pan. Bake at 450 degrees for 5 minutes; cool.