Cheesecake Factory Oreo Cheesecake (copycat)

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 1/2 cups oreo cookie crumbs (about 18 to 23 cookies finely chopped)
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 1/2 lbs cream cheese
• 1 cup sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 8 ounces sour cream
• 5 oreo cookies (coarsely chopped for the batter)
• 7 -9 coarsely chopped oreo cookies, for the top of cheese cake

Recipe

• 1 mix melted butter with oreo crumbs and press in the bottom of a greased 9 inch springform pan. cover bottom and 1/2-1 inch up the sides with crumbs. refrigerate for 15 minutes.
• 2 all ingredients need to be at room temperature before beginning.
• 3 beat cream cheese until light and fluffy.
• 4 keep mixer on a low setting during the mixing and beating process.
• 5 add sugar gradually and continue beating cream cheese until mixed through.
• 6 add eggs one at a time and continue to beat until blended.
• 7 stir vanilla, salt and flour into cream cheese and egg mixture.
• 8 add the sour cream.
• 9 turn off the mixer and gently stir in the 5 coarsely chopped oreo cookies with a spoon.
• 10 pour mixture into springform pan; top with the 7-9 remaining coarsely chopped cookies.
• 11 place pan on top rack and in the middle of a preheated oven at 325 degrees and bake for 60- 75 minutes or until it jiggles slightly in the middle when the pan is gently shaken.
• 12 turn off the oven, prop the door open several inches and let the cheese cake stay in the oven for one hour.
• 13 cool on wire rack.
• 14 when cool, refrigerate for 24 hours.