Cookie Dough Cheesecake

February 5, 2009 at 9:36 pm (baked cheesecake recipes, cheesecake recipes)
Tags: baked cheesecake, cheesecake recipes, cookie dough cheesecake, dessert

This is a very versatile baked cheesecake recipe. You can use your choice of cookie dough and even add melted chocolate to the batter to make it into a chocolate cookie dough cheesecake.

Crust:

3 tablespoons melted butter
2 and 1/2 cups chocolate cookie crumbs

Combine melted butter and cookie crumbs then press  into the bottom of a greased 9 inch springform pan and set aside.

Filling:

4 (8 ounce) packages of cream cheese  at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
4 eggs at room temperature
1 teaspoon flour
1 cup sour cream at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
1  tube of refrigerated  cookie dough of choice (roll into small balls)
1/4 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. With an electric mixer beat the cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth. Add the sugar and flour until blended. Add the eggs one at a time and blend well after each addition. Stir in the sour cream and vanilla.

Pour 1/2 of the batter evenly the prepared springform pan. Stir the cookie dough balls and chocolate chips into the remaining batter and pour that over the plain batter already in the pan.

Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour. Turn off the oven and allow the cake to remain in the oven for another half hour with the oven door propped open slightly.

Remove the cake from the oven and loosen the cake from the edges of the pan with a sharp knife without removing the sides. Cool to room temperature then refrigerate for at least 4 hours before removing the pan rim and serving. Garnish with additional chocolate chips prior to serving if desired.

Serves 14.