Recipe: Oreo Cheesecake

I had a ton of people asking for the recipe so here it is. I cannot stress enough that you need to let your ingredients come to room temperature. Let me know if you try it. Enjoy.

For the Crust
1 1/2 (about 1.5 C) packs of chocolate graham crackers (crushed)
1/3 C Butter (melted)

For Cheesecake
3-8 oz pkgs Cream Cheese (use philidephia and make sure it's room temp or it won't turn out)
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/2 C Sugar
3 Eggs (room temp)
3 Tbls Lemon Juice
1 Tbl Vanilla

15-20 Oreos chopped
Chocolate Topping (for ice cream)

The Steps

• Bring cream cheese and eggs to room temp (this will take 2-3 hours). Don't skip this step.
• Break up the graham crackers (I like to stick them in a ziplock and mush).
• Melt the butter and mix with the graham cracker crumbs. Press them into a springform pan.
• Beat the cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk until smooth.
• Add sugar, vanilla, and lemon juice until well combined.
• Add eggs one by one until combined.
• Pour 1/3 of mixture into springform pan.
• Sprinkle a third of the oreos.
• Repeat with another 1/3 of cream cheese mix and oreo two more times then top with the rest of the cream cheese mix. Reserve a 1/3 of the oreos for the top.
• Heat a dish while preheating the oven and pour hot water in the dish when you stick the cheesecake in. Bake at 300F with steam for 1 hour and 15 minutes (until outside is set but inside is still jiggly).
• Let cool in the oven with door closed for at least 2 hours 
• Refrigerate for at least 4 hours I think overnight is best, the texture and taste are much better when it's colder 
• Top with oreos and drizzle chocolate topping before serving.
• Cut with a knife rinsed with hot water between each slice

So it looks like I'm still totally cheesecake obsessed. I know what I'm trying next, Lemon curd swirled cheesecake with a blueberry topping or maybe I'll do raspberry since we already did blueberries.