makes 1 9" cheesecake | total time: 7 hours (including rest time)

ingredients:

• 2 ½ cups crushed Three Wishes unsweetened cereal

• 1/3 cup brown sugar

• 6 tbps melted butter

• pinch of salt

• 1 cup Pistakio OG Creamy pistachio spread

• 3 8oz blocks of cream cheese, full fat + room temp

• ⅔ cup sour cream, full fat + room temp

• 2/3 cup sugar

• 3 eggs, room temp

• big splash of vanilla

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1 jar Pistakio Crunchy Pistachio Spread

instructions:

• preheat your oven to 325ºF and line your 9in springform pan with parchment paper. 

• to assemble the crust, combine melted butter, sugar, salt and crushed cereal. it should resemble sand. add more melted butter if needed. press into prepped springform pan and bake for 10-15mins until slightly golden. set aside to cool. 

• in a large bowl combine room temp cream cheese, sour cream and sugar. once creamy, add eggs one at a time followed by vanilla and salt. lastly, fold in 1 cup of creamy pistachio spread. be careful not to overmix! if you have some lumps you can run the mixture through a fine mesh sieve. 

• bake at 325ºF for 1 hour with a sheet tray with 1” water on the lower rack of the oven. once time is up, turn the oven off and crack the oven a few inches and leave the cheesecake to cool for 1 more hour. 

• let cool for 3-4 more hours or covered overnight. top your cheesecake with a hefty amount of crunchy pistachio spread and enjoy!

recipe by @itslivstrong