Cookies And Cream Cheesecake

Total Time: 3 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 2 hrs 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 11 cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 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)
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 4 chocolate sandwich cream cookies, coarsely crumbled (oreos)

Recipe

• 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.