Ingredients

  • 1 pkg. (16 oz.) peanut butter sandwich cookies, divided
  • 2 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
  • 5 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 Tbsp. flour
  • 1 Tbsp. vanilla
  • 1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 4 eggs

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350F.
  • Line 13x9-inch baking pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides of pan; set aside.
  • Coarsely chop 16 of the cookies; set aside.
  • Place remaining 16 cookies in food processor container; cover.
  • Process 30 to 45 seconds or until finely ground.
  • Add butter; mix well.
  • Press firmly onto bottom of prepared pan.
  • Bake 10 minutes.
  • Beat cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
  • Add sour cream and peanut butter; mix well.
  • Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended.
  • Gently stir in 1-1/2 cups of the chopped cookies; pour over crust.
  • Sprinkle with remaining chopped cookies.
  • Bake 45 minutes or until center is almost set.
  • Cool.
  • Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.
  • Remove cheesecake from pan, using foil handles.
  • Cut into 20 pieces to serve.
  • Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.