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OREO Cheesecake

Ingredients:

-1 pkg. OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

-1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted

-3 pkg. (8oz. each) Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened

-3/4 cup sugar

-1 cup Sour Cream (I use Breakstone’s or Knudsen)

-1 tsp. vanilla extract

-4 eggs

-Use a 9 inch non-stick pan

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Crush 30 of the cookies. Coarsely chop the remaining 15 cookies and set aside. Mix crushed cookies with butter. Press firmly onto bottom and 2 inches up side of pan and set aside. Beat the cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl. Add the sour cream and vanilla. Mix well. Add eggs (1 at a time) mixing well until blended. Gently stir in chopped cookies. Spread into prepared crust. Bake 55 minutes to 1 hour or until set. (If necessary: to prevent from over browning, tent with foil during the last 15-20 minutes of baking time.) Cool completely on wire rack and then refrigerate for at least 4 hours.