Philadelphia Vanilla Mousse Cheesecake

By Nicole S

Ingredients

• 40 vanilla wafers, finely crushed (about 1 1/2 cups)
• 3 T butter or margarine, melted
• 4 pkg. Cream Cheese, softened, divided
• 1 cup sugar, divided
• 1 T plus 1 tsp. vanilla, divided
• 3 eggs
• 1 tub (8 oz.) Cool Whip Whipped Topping, thawed

Details

Preparation time 20mins

Preparation

Step 1

HEAT oven to 325ºF.

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 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 blended. Whisk in Cool Whip; spread over cheesecake. Refrigerate 4 hours. Remove rim of pan before serving cheesecake.