Oreo Cheesecake
Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Preparation Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Ingredients
- 1 (20 ounce) package oreo cookies, divided (reserve 6 to 8 cookies for garnish; optional)
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese (at room temp.)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 4 eggs, at room temperture lightly beaten
- 1 cup sour cream (at room temp.)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- whipped cream (to garnish) (optional)
- additional oreo cookies, halved (to garnish) (optional)
Recipe
- 1 finely crush 26-30 cookies and set aside.
- 2 coarsely chop remaining cookies and set aside.
- 3 mix together finely crushed cookie crumbs and melted butter.
- 4 press cookie/butter mixture on the bottom and two inches up the sides of a 9-inch springform pan and set aside.
- 5 beat cream cheese and sugar in bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until creamy.
- 6 blend in lightly beaten eggs, one at a time, stirring by hand, to mix well after each addition.
- 7 stir in sour cream and vanilla, until well blended.
- 8 fold chopped cookies into the cheesecake batter.
- 9 pour mixture into prepared crust.
- 10 bake at 350°f for 55 to 60 minutes or until set.
- 11 cool on wire rack at room temperature for about 15 minutes.
- 12 run a thin blade knife around the inside of the pan between the pan and crust, being careful not to cut into the cake.
- 13 when cooled to room temp, refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
- 14 remove side from pan; garnish with dollops of whipped cream, and a cookie half (placed cut side down into each dollop).
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