Oreo Cheesecake
I made a giant 11″ version of this over the bank holiday weekend. As per usual it went down an absolute storm so I thought it was about time I shared my original recipe with the Peach Trees crowd!
It was originally inspired by a trip to The Cheesecake Factory in San Francisco where I sampled their delicious (ginormous) version. My take is rather more modest but definitely gives the Americans a run for their money!
Ingredients
for the base
- 115g digestives
- 1 tblsp cocoa powder
- 85g unsalted butter, melted
for the filling
- 600g full-fat cream cheese
- 125g golden caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- about 3/4 of a pack of Oreo cookies, broken into large pieces
Method
- Grease the base of a 6″ springform tin and preheat the oven to 150°C.
- Start by making the biscuit base. Blitz the digestives and the cocoa powder together to a fine crumb.
- Stir in the melted butter until evenly blended and press into the base of the springform tin.
- Chill in the fridge whilst you prepare the filling.
- Gently beat together the cream cheese, caster sugar and vanilla extract.
- Add the eggs one by one and beat until smooth.
- Stir in the oreo chunks before pouring the mixture into the springform tin on top of the biscuit base.
- Place the tin in a deep tray and fill the tray with water so that it comes half way up the tin.
- Place the tray in the oven for 25-30 minutes until the cheesecake has firmed around the edges and it has taken on a very slight colour. It will still seem really really wobbly in the middle but don’t fret! It will set up beautifully after a night in the fridge!
- Remove the springform tin from the water and leave to cool on a cooling rack before placing in the fridge overnight.
- When ready to serve, run a palette knife around the edge of the tin before releasing the spring.
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@KitchenBitching @peachtreesbbees @littlebearcakes Oh my gosh!!! The looks devilishly delicious!! Might have to attempt that!
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