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Icebox Oreo Cheesecake

A yummy cheesecake made with your favorite sandwich cookie!
Course: Dessert
Keyword: cheesecake
Servings: 12

Ingredients

  • Oreo Cookie Crust
  • 30 Oreo cookies finely crushed
  • 7 T Butter softened
  • Cheesecake Filling
  • 1 C. Whole Milk
  • 4 lg egg yolks
  • 1 C white chocolate chips
  • 2 pounds cream cheese softened
  • 1/3 c confectioners sugar
  • 2 t vanilla
  • 1/8 t salt
  • 12 Oreo cookies broken into rough pieces
  • Chocolate syrup

Instructions

Oreo Cookie Crust

  • Process cookies and butter in food processor until finely ground.
  • Press cookie mixture evenly in the bottom and up the sides of a 9 inch spring-form pan.
  • Refrigerate until set.

Cheesecake filling

  • Heat 3/4 cup milk in medium saucepan over medium heat until simmering.
  • In another bowl whisk egg yolks, flour and remaining milk until smooth.
  • Slowly whisk hot milk into yolk mixture.
  • Return mixture back to saucepan and cook over medium heat, whisking constantly until thick and glossy.
  • Remove from heat and add in chocolate chips stirring until melted.
  • Place pudding back in bowl, press plastic wrap directly on the surface of pudding and refrigerate until cold and set, at least an hour.
  • Assemble Cheesecake
  • With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and salt until light and fluffy.
  • Reduce speed to medium low and mix in pudding until just combined.
  • Pour 1/3 of cream cheese mixture evenly into prepared crust and sprinkle 1/2 crushed cookies over surface.
  • Repeat process ending with the last third of cream cheese mixture.
  • Refrigerate until set, at least 6 hours.
  • Remove sides of pan.
  • Drizzle with chocolate syrup and crushed cookies!! Enjoy!!!