OREO Cheesecake

Name: OREO Cheesecake
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 385 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 36 OREO Cookies, divided; ⅓ cup butter or margarine, melted; 3 pkg. brick cream cheese, softened; ¾ cup sugar; 1 cup sour cream; 1 tsp. vanilla; 4 eggs

If it seems like a shame to crush the OREO Cookies before you get to eat them, one bite of this delectable cheesecake will change your mind.

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Servings:

Makes 16 servings.

Ingredient list

36 OREO Cookies, divided
⅓ cup butter or margarine, melted
3 pkg. (8 oz. each) brick cream cheese, softened
¾ cup sugar
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla
4 eggs

Directions

Heat oven to 350°F.

Crush 26 cookies finely; coarsely chop remaining cookies. Mix crushed cookies with butter; press onto bottom and 2 inches up side of 9-inch springform pan.

Beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add sour cream and vanilla; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Stir in chopped cookies. Pour into crust.

Bake 55 min. to 1 hour or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours.