Cookies & Cream Cheesecake

Prep

15-30 mins

Total

6 HRS 25 MIN

Servings

16 Servings


Ingredients

36 

vanilla creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, divided

1/3  cup

butter or margarine, melted

3 pkg

(8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

3/4 cup

sugar

1 cup

sour cream

1 tsp

vanilla

4 

eggs


Instructions

Step 1

Heat oven to 350°F.

Step 2

Crush 26 cookies to form fine crumbs; coarsely chop remaining cookies. Mix crushed cookies with butter; press onto bottom and 2 inches up side of 9-inch springform pan.

Step 3

Beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add sour cream and vanilla; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Stir in chopped cookies. Pour into crust.

Step 4

Bake 55 min. to 1 hour or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours.