Cookies and Cream Cheesecake

By criscrossqz

Like a giant cheesecake OREO cookie! Not hard to do

Ingredients

• Crust:
• Note: All ingredients should be at room temperature before using
• 1-1/2 lbs cream cheese, softened (3 8-oz packages)
• 1 cup sugar
• 5 large egg
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 cup flour
• 8 oz. sour cream
• 5 Oreo cookies, coarsely chopped (batter)
• 8-10 Oreo cookies, coarsely chopped (topping)
• 1-1/2 cups Oreo cookie crumbs (about 25 cookies, finely crushed)
• 2 TB melted butter
• …. Mix melted butter with crumbs and press in bottom of greased/sprayed 9” springform pan and 1-1/2” up the sides ~ set aside

Preparation

Step 1

Beat cream cheese on electric mixer until fluffy; slowly add sugar and continue beating until well mixed. Add eggs, one at a time and continue to beat until blended. Put vanilla, salt & flour into cream cheese/egg mixture and beat until smooth ~ add sour cream and beat well. Stir in 5 Oreo cookie crumbs with a spoon. Pour cream cheese mixture into prepared crust in pan and sprinkle 8-10 coarsely chopped Oreos on top. Place pan on top rack, in middle of preheated 325 oven ~ Bake 1 hour and 15 min. After done baking, turn off heat & leave oven door open with cheesecake inside for 1 hour. Remove cake, cool & refrigerate.