Last Night's Project/Adventure...

[kcjodih]

CLOCK STEAK HOUSE TRIPLE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE
with modifications

Preheat oven 350 degrees-I put saucepan of water in the oven for moisture-helps with preventing cracking

CRUST
2 cups Oreo cookie crumbs
6 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted

Mix cookie crumbs and sugar together, stir in melted butter until mixed. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of a greased 10 inch spring form pan.

FILLING
2 pounds cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla
4 eggs
2 3/4 cup melted chocolate chips, slightly cooled (I use 2 cups milk chocolate, 2/3 cup semi-sweet)
1 cup sour cream
1 cup chocolate chips (I use the rest of the bag of the semi-sweet chips) can add even more if desired

Mix softened cream cheese with sugar and vanilla. Blend in eggs. Add melted chocolate chips. Add sour cream. Stir in chocolate chips by hand.

Pour into crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes. Makes 16 servings.

When the baking time is up-I turn the oven off and leave the cheesecake sit in the oven and cool down slowly. Around 30-45 minutes more. Take out and sit on counter until cool. Refrigerate until solid-at least 12 hours or more. Can be made ahead--and can be frozen after.

*Sometimes they leak/drip butter so I have learned to put a cookie sheet underneath to catch any drips and change the cookie sheet during cooking if needed.*

:love::love::love:

Thanks a bunch! DH LOVES cheesecake and LOVES chocolate and I'm embarassed to say I've NEVER made him one, chocolate or otherwise. Maybe next weekend for our anniversary since we're in the car driving home on the actual anniversary date. Hmm...

 

[janetupnorth]

:love::love::love:

Thanks a bunch! DH LOVES cheesecake and LOVES chocolate and I'm embarassed to say I've NEVER made him one, chocolate or otherwise. Maybe next weekend for our anniversary since we're in the car driving home on the actual anniversary date. Hmm...

You can do this one!!!!

Just follow the directions for the pan of water and the cookie sheet to help prevent cracking. It tastes GREAT!

 

[raebates]

I had to laugh, Janet. Not at your plight. That's a huge problem to deal with. I'm laughing because I'm picturing the face of the person who one day owns our property. The Furry Guy uses old carpeting as landscape fabric. We have a hill that goes almost straight up. The Furry Guy covered it with old carpet. He then placed field stone all over the hill and planted some Russian sage. I'll post a picture when I get it loaded. The great thing about using the old carpet is that stuff doesn't grow through it and it's sturdy enough to be less than gentle with the stone. No ripping.I just keep picturing people 100 years from now when they decided to level the hill. The rubber backing will have mostly broken down, but the nylon threads will still be there.

 

[janetupnorth]

Well the current news is $3/tire + $50 truck charges to have them picked up...Called our old realtor to see what can be done, but probably not worth our time to fight it...

 

[raebates]

Okay, here's the picture from the bottom of my driveway. You can see why The Furry Guy didn't want to mow that hill.

 

[chefmeg]

Janet, if this weren't so ludicris it would be funny....how doea one come up with 120+ tires and why and why then take the time and effort to bury them in your own backyard??????

 

[janetupnorth]

Janet, if this weren't so ludicris it would be funny....how doea one come up with 120+ tires and why and why then take the time and effort to bury them in your own backyard??????

Did you read the description with my photos? I think it was their "cheap" way of building a storm shelter.

Hey, I have some more pictures of it to load...let me go do that!

 

[janetupnorth]

Oops not there - I must have wrote it elsewhere...Our theory is that before the house was built and it was just a trailer, this was the guy's storm shelter. When they dug out the foundation for the basement, they must have buried that.

 

[Jennie4PC]

When we moved in we had a matress spring buried in our back yard. That of course does not beat the tires.

 

[Kitchen Diva]

I second, third and fourth that motion...

Greg, Oh GREG...

I third that one! Also one for bummed, joyful, miffed, frisky and snarky!

 

[janetupnorth]

When we moved in we had a matress spring buried in our back yard. That of course does not beat the tires.

Hey at least you can drag your driveway with that...

 

[raebates]

I just realized we have a bunch of tractor tires buried in the backyard. The Furry Guy dug a really deep hole, then stacked tractor tires in it. He's using it as a root cellar for pumpkins and flowering bulbs. The tires make really good shelves. He has a trap door on top. He's planning to one day build a small shed over top for storage. Of course, there are only five or six tires in there. When he was digging it our son said he kept having Swiss Family Robinson flashbacks. He thought maybe Dad was building a tiger trap.

 

[katie0128]

But since The Furry Guy is going to build a shelter around the deal, it makes it more of a real project and not just a dumping ground. But none the less, when you guys are no longer around, the people that find all this stuff are really going to wonder about you two!!!

 

[raebates]

That's okay. People already wonder about us.

 

[janetupnorth]

Well, good news today!As of Friday it was going to cost about $400-$450 to haul the tires away.I talked to the head of our town crew today after church and he said that our township has a tire recycling program. We can bring 5 tires per resident on the 2nd and last Saturday of the month. ...and he said Steve and I can each bring 5...That would take 6 months but it's still free...Plus the restriction is just so businesses don't bring a bunch, so there may be weeks we can bring more or get a few neighbors to bring some for us too.WHEW...I'm so relieved. I'd rather spend $400 on gas and food then on throwing out tires!

 

[rennea]

That's good news Janet.

 

[christinaspc]

wow janet I totally relate to the things you find on your property. This spring we took our house off the market since it wasn't selling and we decided to remodel it inside and outside. My PC checks helped pay for it but we are started mid-april and we are still working on the inside and still wanting to work on the outside before winter. We can't believe some of the things we have found they left behind and done more stupid things to the house then we thought could of ever been though of.

Best of luck getting rid of the tires.

 

[janetupnorth]

The funny thing was that DH kept joking about finding a mason jar full of money and was looking for it.One scoopful he actually spotted a mason jar and stopped Jim on the backhoe to jump in the hole. But alas, it had no lid and was empty. Well, full of dirt...It would have been nice to find a couple grand or even a couple hundred. I was just thankful to find only tires and nothing else...