Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake (with an optional bourbon whipped cream topping)

INGREDIENTS

1/4 cup

unsalted butter, (melted)

Oreo cookies

(or 250 gram) packages of cream cheese

1/3 cup

sour cream

3/4 cup

light brown sugar

1/2 cup

white granulated sugar

3 tbsp

all-purpose flour

2 tsp

pure vanilla extract

2 tsp

pumpkin pie spice

1/2 tsp

ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp

salt

large eggs

15- ounce can pumpkin puree (not pie filling)

1 1/2 cups

cold heavy cream (or thickened cream)

3 tbsp

confectioners' sugar (or icing sugar)

1 tbsp

bourbon

2 tsp

vanilla extract

3 1/2 oz

milk or semi sweet block chocolate, (at room temperature)