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Oreo Cookies and Cream Cheesecakes
Makes 30
42 Oreo, cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, 30 left whole and 12 coarsely chopped
908 grams (2 pounds or about 3 2/3 packages) cream cheese, room temperature
225 grams (1 cup) sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
4 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten
230 g (1 cup or 8 ounces) sour cream
Pinch of salt
Preheat oven to 275° F. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Place 1 whole Oreo cookie in the bottom of each lined muffin cup.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, beat cream cheese on medium-high speed until smooth, scraping down sides of the bowl as needed. Gradually add the sugar, and beat until combined. Beat in the vanilla.
Drizzle in eggs, a little at a time, beating to combine and scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Add in sour cream and salt, beat to combine. Using a large spatula, fold in the chopped Oreo cookies.
Divide batter evenly among the cookie-filled muffin cups, fill each cup almost to the top. Bake, rotating muffin tins halfway through, until the filling is set, about 22 to 28 minutes. Transfer the muffins tins to a wire rack to cool completely. Refrigerate (in the muffin tins) at least 4 hours (or overnight). Remove from tins just before serving.