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This is far and away the best Shavuot recipe I have. It is very rich but if cheesecake is your once a year indulgence, this is the one to go all out for. Enjoy!
Oreo Cheesecake
16 to 20 servings.
Very rich and very good.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups Oreo cookie crumbs (about 20 cookies)
- 2 Tablespoons butter, melted
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 lbs. cream cheese, softened
- 1¼ cups sugar
- 1/3-cup pareve [non-dairy] whip
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups coarsely crumbled Oreos
- 1/3 cup pareve [non-dairy] whip
- 1¼ cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Combine first 3 ingredients and press mixture in bottom and up sides of a 10-inch springform pan. Bake for 10 minutes and set aside.
- Beat cream cheese until creamy. Gradually add 1¼ cups sugar, beating well. Add 1/3-cup pareve whip, flour and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix well. Add eggs one at time, beating well after every addition.
- Pour 3½ cups of this batter into prepared crust. Top with crumbled cookies.
- Pour remaining batter over cookies.
- Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely on a wire rack.
- Cover and chill 8 hours.
- Remove sides of pan.
- Combine 1/3-cup pareve whip with chocolate chips in a small saucepan.
- Stir over low heat until chocolate melts. Stir in teaspoon vanilla and remove from heat.
- Carefully spread mixture over cheesecake allowing it to drip down the sides.
- Chill.
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