Nutella Cheesecake

A good friend is in the Army, being all that he can be. He told me over the summer that he would be shipping out for his duties around the holidays and requested a Nutella cheesecake as a going away gift. I was only too happy to oblige.

I used this recipe: http://www.grouprecipes.com/19204/creamy-nutella-cheesecake.html

I started with these quality ingredients:

As an aside, I did not need that large of a jar of nutella.

This creation was made during the great camera/phone crisis of '11, so the photos are dreadful, but I started by food processing the cookies:


then I added some sugar (and the secret ingredient - love!):


Crust before going into the oven:


I creamed the cream cheese and snapped this shot before adding the eggs:


Before going in the oven:


After cooking and then cooling:


And a slice taken out to eat:


My soldier friend loved it!