How To Make Samoa Cheesecake
Dig in the layers of goodness of this Samoa cheesecake, made with Oreo crust, drizzled with caramel and melted chocolate, and topped with coconuts.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Cheesecake:
- 24Oreo Cookies
- 4tbspmelted butter
- pinch of salt
- 24ozNeufchatel cream cheese,3 pkg, low-fat, softened
- 1cupgranulated sugar
- 1cupplain or vanilla Greek yogurt
- 2tspvanilla extract
- 3eggs
For Samoa Toppings:
- 2cupssweetened coconut,shredded
- 1¾cupscaramel dip,or caramel sauce
- 4ozdark chocolate
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees F, and grease a 9-inch springform pan.
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Carefully wrap the outside of the pan in 2 layers of heavy-duty aluminum foil, being sure that there are no gaps where water could seep through.
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Add Oreo cookies to the bowl of a food processor, and process until completely crumbled. Or crush Oreos with a meat mallet inside a ziplock freezer bag.
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Add in the melted butter, and stir or process until evenly mixed with the Oreos. Press the Oreo mixture evenly into the bottom of the springform pan.
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Then place the pan in a large roasting dish (or any pan larger than the springform), and bring a tea kettle or pot of water to boil in preparation for the water bath. Set aside.
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Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese on medium speed for 3 minutes until smooth. Add sugar and beat for an additional minute until well blended.
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Add Greek yogurt and vanilla, and beat for an additional minute, stopping partway to scrape the bottom of the bowl with a spatula. Add eggs, one at a time, beating on low speed after each addition just until blended. Do not overbeat. Pour into crust.
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Place the double pans in the oven on a shelf on the bottom third of the oven. Very carefully use a tea kettle (or large measuring cup) to pour the boiling water in the larger pan to form a water bath around the springform, so that it comes up about 1-inch around the springform.
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Close the oven door, and bake for about 1 hour 30 min, or until the center is almost set. Turn the oven off, and open the oven door slightly. Let cheesecake set in oven for 1 hour.
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Then remove cheesecake from the oven, carefully run a knife around the edges of the cake, and then let cool to room temperature. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
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Remove springform rim, and top cheesecake with Samoa topping. Return the cheesecake to the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes for the topping to set. Then serve, or cover and refrigerate for up to 5 days.
Samoa Toppings:
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Spread shredded coconut out in an even layer on a parchment-covered (or aluminum foil-covered) baking sheet. Bake for about 6 minutes, or until the top layer of coconut is toasted and lightly golden, then remove the tray and stir the coconut.
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Bake for an additional 3 to 4 minutes or until the new layer of coconut is lightly golden. Be careful not to burn the coconut. Remove the pan, and pour coconut into a mixing bowl.
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Add 1 cup of caramel sauce to the bowl with the coconut, and stir to combine. If the caramel is not in pouring consistency, heat it in the microwave or in a small saucepan until it is just slightly warmed.
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Using a spoon, spread a separate ¾ cup of caramel sauce onto the chilled cheesecake. Then top with the caramel/coconut mixture, and press it down until the top of the cheesecake is covered.
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Pour the melted chocolate into a piping bag or a Ziplock bag with the corner snipped off, then pipe it onto the top of the coconut/caramel mixture in even lines. Repeat in a separate bag with the remaining caramel sauce.
Recipe Notes
Alternative to a water bath, just place a pan of water on the shelf beneath the cheesecake pan.
Nutrition
- Calories: 413.49kcal
- Fat: 29.07g
- Saturated Fat: 16.62g
- Trans Fat: 0.14g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 7.44g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.68g
- Carbohydrates: 33.36g
- Fiber: 2.19g
- Sugar: 24.90g
- Protein: 6.75g
- Cholesterol: 87.09mg
- Sodium: 282.21mg
- Calcium: 71.12mg
- Potassium: 202.45mg
- Iron: 3.58mg
- Vitamin A: 193.28µg
- Vitamin C: 0.33mg
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