Oreo Cookie Cheesecake with Chocolate Glaze

Ingredients:

For Crust:

• Oreo cookie crumbs, two cups
• Butter (melted), two tablespoons
• Brown-sugar, 1/4 cup
• Cinnamon, one teaspoon

For Filling:

• Packages cream cheese (softened), 700 gr.
• Granulated sugar, 1 1/4 cup
• Heavy whipping cream, 1/3 cup
• All-purpose flour, two tablespoons
• Vanilla extract, 1 1/2 teaspoon
• Eggs, four
• Oreo cookies (crushed into pieces), 1 1/2 cup

Chocolate Glaze:

• Heavy whipping cream, one cup
• Semisweet chocolate chips, 1 1/2 cup
• Vanilla extract, one teaspoon
• M&M's

Preparation:

Crust:
Mix 2 cups cookie crumbs, melted butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a medium bowl.

Firmly press mixture evenly into bottom and 2,5cm up sides of a 26cm springform pan. Bake at 180º C for 5 minutes; set aside.

Filling:
In a large bowl, beat cream cheese at medium speed of an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually add 1 1/4 cups sugar, beating well.

Add 1/3 cup whipping cream, flour, and 1 tsp. vanilla; beat well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.

Pour 1/3 of batter into prepared pan. Top with 1 1/2 cups crushed cookie pieces; pour in remaining batter.

Bake at 180º C for 45 minutes.

Chocolate Glaze:
Combine 1 cup whipping cream and chocolate chips in a saucepan; stir over low heat until chocolate melts; stir in 1 t vanilla.

Pour mixture over cheesecake while still warm.

Refrigerate at least 8 hours before serving. Remove about 1/2 hour to 1 hour before serving, remove ring from springform pan.

Decoratively place M&M's whole around edges of cheesecake. Serve chilled.