Philadelphia 3 Step Cookie Dough Cheesecake

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Ingredients:
2 pkgs. (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
3/4 c. prepared or refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough, divided
1 graham cracker pie crust (6 oz.) 


Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until well-blended.  Add eggs; mix just until blended.  Remove 1/2 c. of the dough; drop by teaspoonfuls into batter.  Stir gently.


Pour into crust.  Top with level teaspoonfuls of the remaining 1/4 c. cookie dough.


Bake 40 minutes or until the center is almost set.  Cool.  Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.  Garnish as desired.  Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.