OREO Cheesecake

By á-8623

Ingredients

• 1 pkg. (15.5 oz.) OREO Cookies, divided
• 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 3 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 4 eggs

Details

Servings 16
Preparation time 25mins
Cooking time 85mins

Preparation

Step 1

HEAT oven to 350°F.

CRUSH 28 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.
Note

If using a dark nonstick 9-inch springform pan, reduce oven temperature to 325ºF.

How to Prevent Overbrowning

To prevent top of cheesecake from becoming too brown, tent with foil for the last 15 to 20 min. of the baking time, if necessary.