Decadent Oreo Cheesecake Recipe

How to make it

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• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Butter a 10-inch springform pan and set aside.
• For crust, break up 25 cookies and place in food processor fitted with metal blade.
• Process until crumbs form.
• Add butter and mix until blended. (You may do this in a bowl by hand.)
• Pour into prepared pan and press evenly over bottom and 2/3 of the way up sides.
• Refrigerate while preparing filling.
• For filling, beat cream cheese in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
• Scrape down sides.
• Add 1 1/4 cups sugar, beating until mixture is light and fluffy, about 3 minutes, scraping down sides of bowl occasionally.
• Mix in flour. While beating continuously, add eggs and yolks; mix until smooth.
• Beat in whipping cream and 1 teaspoon vanilla until well-blended.
• Pour half the batter into prepared crust.
• Sprinkle with chopped Oreos.
• Pour in remaining batter over and smooth top with spatula.
• Place pan on baking sheet.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes.
• Reduce temperature to 300 degrees and bake for 50 minutes or until set.
• Remove cake from oven and increase temperature to 350 degrees.
• Stir together sour cream, remaining 1/4 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla in small bowl.
• Spread evenly over cake.
• Return to oven and bake 7 minutes or until sour cream begins to set.
• Remove from oven and cool in draft-free place to room temperature.
• Cover and refrigerate several hours or overnight.