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a cookies and cream cheesecake with golden peanut butter swirls on a wide dark plate in a horizontal shot, a slice revealing dark cookie pieces throughout, a drizzle of peanut butter and dessert forks nearby on a warm wood table, cozy natural light, shallow depth of field, landscape orientation

Peanut Butter Cookies and Cream Cheesecake

A dream cheesecake swirled with peanut butter and loaded with cookie crunch.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings: 12 slices
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 24 chocolate sandwich cookies crushed
  • 5 tbsp butter melted
  • 24 oz cream cheese softened
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 8 chocolate sandwich cookies chopped

Method
 

  1. Heat oven to 325F and press the crust into a springform pan.
  2. Beat cream cheese and sugar smooth, then add eggs and vanilla.
  3. Mix half the peanut butter into the batter and fold in the chopped cookies.
  4. Pour over the crust, then dollop the remaining peanut butter on top and swirl.
  5. Bake about 65 minutes until the center is just set.
  6. Cool, then chill at least 6 hours before serving.

Notes

Warm the peanut butter slightly so it swirls instead of clumping.