Ultimate Peanut Butter Cheesecake

This peanut butter cheesecake is the ULTIMATE cheesecake recipe! It has a Nutter Butter crust! In the middle is the lightest and creamiest peanut butter cheesecake.

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STEP 1: Crust. Blend the Nutter Butters. Mix with melted butter.

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STEP 2: Compact the crust into a prepared springform pan. Bake for 10 minutes.

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STEP 3: Cheesecake batter. Beat the cream cheese, sugar, and peanut butter.

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STEP 4: Add remaining wet ingredients. Pour over the crust.

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STEP 5: Prepare a water bath and bake for 70-80 minutes. Chill overnight.

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STEP 6: Chocolate ganache. Pour hot cream over the chocolate chips. Stir together. Spread over cheesecake.

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STEP 7: Decorate cheesecake with extra pieces of Nutter Butter.

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