Shelly's Recipe

OREO CHEESECAKE

Category: Cheesecake

1 cup crushed OREO cookies (about 12 cookies)
1 tbsp butter, melted
4 (8-oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
4 eggs
20 OREO cookies, quartered

Preheat oven to 325 degrees if using silver springform pan (or 300 degrees if using a dark non-stick springform pan). Mix crushed cookies and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake 10 minutes.

Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition just until blended. Gently stir in quartered cookies. Pour over crust.

Bake 1 hour or until center is almost set. Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Garnish with additional cookies, if desired.