Thursday, April 12, 2012

Vanilla Mousse Cheesecake

(Courtesy of Kraft)
PHILADELPHIA Vanilla Mousse Cheesecake recipe

Ingredients:
40 Nilla wafers, finely crushed (about 1 1/2 cups)
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
4 pkg. (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened, divided
1 c. sugar, divided
1 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. vanilla, divided
3 eggs
1 tub (8 oz.) cool whip, thawed

Directions:
Heat oven to 325 degrees.

Mix wafer crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 9 inch springform pan.

Beat 3 pkg. cream cheese, 3/4 c. sugar and 1 Tbsp. vanilla with mixer until blended.  Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended.  Pour over crust.

Bake 50-55 minutes or until center is almost set.  Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool completely in pan.

Beat remaining cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with mixer in a large bowl until blended.  Whisk in cool whip; spread over cheesecake.  Refrigerate 4 hours.  Remove rim of pan before serving cheesecake.

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