Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups chocolate cookie crumbs or 20 crumbled Oreo cookies (with fulling removed)
• 1/2 cup margarine, melted
• 1/2 cup raspberry preserves
• 1/2 cup water
• 4 8-ounce pkgs. cream cheese
• 5 eggs 
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 ounces white chocolate, chopped into chunks
• 2 ounces shaved white chocolate (for garnish-- optional)
• Canned whipped cream (for garnish-- optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Place a large pan or oven-safe skillet filled with about 1/2-inch of water into the oven while it preheats. This will be your water bath.
2. Combine the raspberry preserves with 1/4 cup water in a medium microwave-safe bowl. Heat for 1 1/2 minutes on high in your microwave. Stir until smooth. Strain to remove the raspberry seeds (toss 'em out), then let the strained preserves sit to cool, then put the bowl in the refrigerator until later.
3. Measure 1 1/2 cups chocolate cookie crumbs (or crush 20 Oreo cookie wafer-- with the filling scraped out-- in a resealable plastic bag) into a medium bowl. Mix in 1/3 cup melted margarine. Press the crumbs into a 9-inch spring form pan that has been lined on the bottom and side with parchment paper. Use the bottom of a drinking glass to press the crumb mixture flat into the bottom of the pan and about 2/3 the way up the side. Wrap a large piece of foil around the bottom of the pan to keep the cheesecake dry when placed in the water bath. Put the crust in your freezer until the filliing is done.
4. Use an electric mixer to combine the cream cheese with the sugar, sour cream, and vanilla. Mix on medium speed for a couple minutes or until the ingredients are smooth and creamy. Be sure to scarpe down the sides of the bowl. Whisk the eggs in a medium bowl and then add them to the cream cheese mixture. Blend the mixture just enough to integrate the eggs.
5. Remove the crust from the freezer and sprinkle 4 ounces of white chocolate chunks on the bottom of the crust. Pour half of the cream cheese filling into the crust. Drizzle the raspberry preserves over the surface of the filling. Use a butter knife to swirl the raspberry into the cream cheese. Just a couple of passes is fine, you don't to blend the raspberry and cream cheese together too much. Pour the other half of the filling into the crust.
6. Carefully place the cheesecake into the water bath in the oven. Bake for 12 minutes at 475 degrees, then turn the oven down to 350 degrees and bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until the top of the cheesecake turns a light brown or tan color. Remove the cheesecake from the oven to cool. when the cheesecake is cool, use the foil from the bottom to cover the cheesecake and chill it in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.
7. Before serving, sprinkle the entire top surface of cheesecake with 2 ounces of shaved white chocolate. To serve, slice the cheesecake into 12 equal portions. Apply a pile of canned whipped cream to the top of each slice and serve.

Makes 12 servings