Philadelphia Vanilla Mousse Cheesecake
March 27, 2010 by buffettgeorge
Philadelphia Vanilla Mousse Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 40 NILLA Wafers, crushed
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
- 4 (8 ounce) packages PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened, divided
- 1 cup sugar, divided
- 4 teaspoons vanilla, divided
- 3 eggs
- 1 (8 ounce) tub COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed
Instructions:
- Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Mix wafer crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
- Beat 3 pkg. cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar and 1 Tbsp. vanilla with mixer until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.
- Bake 50 to 55 min. 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 large bowl until well blended. Whisk in COOL WHIP; spread over cheesecake. Refrigerate 4 hours. Remove rim of pan before serving cheesecake.
- After baking, this creamy vanilla cheesecake on a vanilla wafer crust gets a second layer of cream cheese with whipped topping and more vanilla for an elegant, special occasion dessert.”
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A new more exciting kind of Cheesecake. Sometimes variety also adds to the joy of cooking like the addition of COOL WHIP and vanilla. The Philadelphia Vanilla Mousse Cheesecake informs us that you can substitute cinnamon and graham cracker crust and still get your nice home made cheesecake.