SAMOA CHEESECAKE

This Sámoá Cheesecáke recipe is inspired by the fámous Girl Scout cookies (á.k.á. “Cárámel Delights”). It’s á simple vánillá cheesecáke báse, máde with án Oreo crust, ánd topped with cárámel, toásted coconut ánd drizzled with chocoláte.

INGREDIENTS:

CHEESECáKE INGREDIENTS:

• 24 Oreo cookies
• 4 Táblespoons melted butter
• pinch of sált
• 3 (8-ounce) bricks neufchátel (low-fát) creám cheese, softened
• 1 cup gránuláted sugár
• 1 cup pláin or vánillá Greek yogurt
• 2 tsp. vánillá extráct, store-bought or homemáde
• 3 eggs

SáMOá TOPPING INGREDIENTS:

• 2 cups shredded sweetened coconut
• 1 3/4 cups cárámel dip or sáuce (you cán either buy the 16-ounce store-bought tubs of cárámel dip, or use 1 3/4 cups homemáde cárámel sáuce 
• 4 ounces dárk chocoláte

Instructions.

1. TO MáKE THE CHEESECáKE:
2. Preheát oven to 325°F, ánd greáse á 9-inch springform pán. Cárefully wráp the outside of the pán in 2 láyers of heávy-duty áluminum foil, being sure thát there áre NO gáps where wáter could seep through.
3. ádd Oreo cookies to the bowl of á food processor, ánd process until completely crumbled. (Or you cán do this step by hánd by crushing Oreos with á meát mállet inside á ziplock freezer bág.) ádd in the melted butter, ánd stir or process until evenly mixed with the Oreos. Press the Oreo mixture evenly into the bottom of the springform pán. Then pláce the pán in á lárge roásting dish (or ány pán lárger thán the springform), ánd bring á teá kettle or pot of wáter to boil in prepárátion for the wáter báth. Set áside.  (*If you don’t wánt to pláce the pán directly in á wáter báth, you cán skip this lást step ánd just pláce á pán of wáter on the shelf beneáth the cheesecáke pán.)full instructions.gimmesomeoven.com

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