Easy OREO Cheesecake - Oreo cookies

Method

• Heat oven to 350F.
• Crush 16 cookies into fine crumbs; place in medium bowl.
• Add butter; mix well.
• Press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
• Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until well blended.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each just until blended.
• Chop or crush remaining cookies.
• Gently stir half the chopped cookies into cream cheese batter; pour over crust.
• Sprinkle with remaining chopped cookies.
• Bake 45 min.
• or until centre is almost set.
• Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim.
• Refrigerate cheesecake 4 hours.