Marble Cheesecake Recipe

By Alexis Moore

With the holiday season being so different this year it is important to hold on to tradition for a sense of normalcy. Every year my grandmother and I make marble cheesecake for our Christmas dinner.

The ingredients in our recipe consist of:

• ¾ cup all- purpose flour

• 2 tablespoons sugar

• A dash of salt

• ¼ margarine butter

• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

• 3 packages of cream cheese

• 1 cup of sugar

• ¼ cup all-purpose flour

• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

• 6 eggs

• 1 cup of sour cream

To make our cheesecake:

Crust:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit

• In a bowl mix ¾ cup of flour, 2 tablespoons of sugar, and a dash of salt

• Mix in butter until it becomes crumb like

• Mix in two tablespoons of the melted chocolate

• Press mixture into bottom of pan as the crust

• Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown, then remove from oven

• Change oven heat to 325’

Cheesecake mixture:

• Beat cream cheese and one cup of sugar on medium until fluffy

• Beat ¼ cup flour and 2 tsp of vanilla extract

• While mixing ingredients- on low speed- add in eggs one at a time

• Add sour cream to mixture

• Mix all ingredients together on low

• Add cheesecake mixture to crust

• Bake for 1 hour

• Cool for 2 hours

• Refrigerate overnight before serving

This recipe has been in our family four decades. My grandmother made it with my aunt on Christmas Eve when she was growing up. I now make it with my grandmother for the holidays, and my aunt has continued to carry on the tradition with her kids as well.