Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cheese Cake Recipe

My Son’s birthday is today, and he just loves cheesecake. This  Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cheese Cake Recipe had turned into one of our favorites. I used low fat cream cheese on this recipe to help hold the calories down a little bit. But I can still say this is sinfully delicious. If you are looking for a health food skip this one. I guarantee if you give this cheese cake recipe a try it won’t be around long. Enjoy

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

Directions for Crust

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.

Directions for Filling

1.       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.

2.       Fold in pieces of Reese’s peanut butter cups with a rubber spatula. Pour filling into prepared crust.

3.       Place into the oven and bake at 275 degrees for 1 ½ hours or until firm and lightly browned.

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.

Serve and enjoy!

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