PISTACHIO CRUNCH CHEESECAKE
makes 1 9" cheesecake | total time: 7 hours (including rest time)
ingredients:
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2 ½ cups crushed Three Wishes unsweetened cereal
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1/3 cup brown sugar
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6 tbps melted butter
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pinch of salt
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1 cup Pistakio OG Creamy pistachio spread
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3 8oz blocks of cream cheese, full fat + room temp
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⅔ cup sour cream, full fat + room temp
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2/3 cup sugar
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3 eggs, room temp
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big splash of vanilla
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1/2 tsp salt
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1 jar Pistakio Crunchy Pistachio Spread
instructions:
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preheat your oven to 325ºF and line your 9in springform pan with parchment paper.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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