Peanut Butter Cheesecake Recipe

Ingredients:
Crust-
4 ½ cups oreo cookies (crushed)
1 cup roasted peanuts (chopped)
½ cup butter (melted)
Filling-
2lbs cream cheese (softened)
5 eggs (at room temperature)
1 ½ cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup smooth peanut butter
½ cup whipping cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
12 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Topping-
3 ounces sour cream
½ cup sugar
Cooking Instructions:
Step 1: Put Oreo cookies and peanuts in a food processor and grind. Mix ground Oreo cookies and peanuts with the melted butter. Press the mixture onto the bottom and up the sides of a greased 10” spring form pan to make the crust.

Step 2: To make filling- In a large bowl beat cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs one at a time and beat after each egg is added. Add sugar, peanut butter and whipping cream. Mix until smooth. Fold in pieces of Reese’s peanut butter cups with a rubber spatula. Pour filling into prepared crust.
Step 3: Place into the oven and bake at 275 degrees for 1 ½ hours or until firm and lightly browned.
Step 4: Combine sour cream and sugar and pour over the cheesecake. Return cheesecake to the oven and bake for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow cheesecake to cool for 1 hour. Place into the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.