Cookies and Cream Cheesecake

(from saymyname’s recipe box)

Source: In 'Cheesecake Extraordinaire'

Serves 12 people

Categories: Cheesecake, Dessert

Ingredients

  • Chocolate Cookie Crust:
  • 11 cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed
  • 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
  • Creamy Cookie Filling:
  • 24 ounces cream cheese
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 5 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2/3 cup whipping cream
  • 1/3 cup dark Creme de Cacao
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
  • 4 chocolate sandwich cream cookies, coarsely crumbled (Oreos)
  • Chocolate Cookie Topping:
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 4 chocolate sandwich cream cookies, coarsely crumbled (Oreos)

Directions

  1. Crust: in a small bowl stir together crushed cookies and melted butter or margarine until well combined.

  2. Press crumb mixture evenly onto the bottom of a greased 9-inch springform pan.

  3. Filling: In a big bowl combine the cream cheese, sugar, and cornstarch; beat with an electric mixer until smooth.

  4. Add eggs and egg yolk, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

  5. Stir in whipping cream, creme de cacao, and vanilla; stir in melted chocolate; fold in cookies.

  6. Pour the cream cheese mixture over the crust.

  7. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes; decrease temperature to 200° and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until the center no longer looks wet or shiny.

  8. Remove cake from the oven and run a knife around the inside edge of the pan.

  9. Turn the oven off; return cake to the oven for an additional 1 hour.

  10. Chill, uncovered, overnight.

  11. Topping: In a small bowl, beat whipping cream and sugar with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form.

  12. Spread whipped cream mixture over cheesecake; sprinkle with cookies.

  13. Chill until serving time.

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