Banana Cream Cheesecake Recipe
This Banana Cream Cheesecake is very similar to what you get at The Cheesecake Factory.
Ingredients:
Crust
20 Vanilla Sandwich Cookies
1/4 Cup Margarine, melted
Cheesecake Filling
24 oz. Cream Cheese, softened
2/3 Cup Granulated Sugar
2 Tbsp. Cornstarch
3 Eggs
3/4 Cup Mashed Bananas (about 2)
1/2 Cup Whipping Cream
2 tsp. Vanilla Extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Directions:
Crust
Place cookies in a blender; process with on/off pulse until finely crushed. Add margarine; process with pulses until blended. Press crumb mixture onto bottom of 10" spring form pan; refrigerate.
Cheesecake Filling
Beat cream cheese in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until creamy. Add sugar and cornstarch; beat until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas, whipping cream, and vanilla. Pour cream cheese mixture into prepared crust. Place pan on cookie sheet and bake 15 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees F (DO NOT forget to reduce temperature - very important) and continue baking 75 minutes or until center is almost set. Loosen edge of cheesecake; cool completely on wire rack before removing rim of pan.
Refrigerate cheesecake, uncovered, 6 hours or overnight.
Allow cheesecake to stand at room temperature 15 minutes before serving.
And Enjoy!
