as written. i say follow the recipe to a t! good luck!!!
it all worked out beautifully! i got over my fear of doing the water bath (i’m just always afraid water will somehow get in!) and followed everything to the t and it came out wonderful! i used the entire brownie batter for the crust (we really like brownies…) and then smushed the chocolate/peanut butter chips and chopped up peanut butter cups down a bit into the cooked brownie to make more room for the cheesecake batter. i still had a bit too much batter, but that was fine with me and the hubby because we just baked that off 