Banana Cream Cheesecake (copycat)

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 20 vanilla cream-filled sandwich style cookies
• 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 24 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup mashed banana
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• shredded coconut, for topping (optional)

Recipe

• 1 use a blender to finely chop the cookies.
• 2 add margarine and blend until they are well combines.
• 3 press mixture into the bottom of a 10" springform pan and smooth it out.
• 4 refrigerate the crust while you make the filling.
• 5 beat cream cheese with electric mixer until creamy.
• 6 beat in sugar and cornstarch followed by the eggs (one at a time).
• 7 beat in bananas, whipping cream, and vanilla.
• 8 pour mixture into crust.
• 9 place pan on a cookie sheet and bake in a 350 degree oven for 15 minutes.
• 10 reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees and bake an additional 75 minutes, or until center is almost set, adding coconut for last 20 minutes.
• 11 allow to cool completely before removing rim of pan -- before removing the pan, run warm water over a knife and slide a knife around the edge of the cake to separate the cake from the pan cleanly.
• 12 refrigerate cheesecake, uncovered, at least 6 hours.