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Here is a great copycat recipe for anyone with a sweet tooth!  This recipe takes oreo’s to the next level like only The Cheesecake Factory can do.  With this simple recipe, you can prepare this cheesecake at home like a pro!

Ingredients

Filling
1 1/2 pound cream cheese
1 cup sugar
5 large eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup flour
8 ounces sour cream
5 Oreo cookies (coarsely chopped for the batter)
10 coarsely chopped Oreo cookies for the topping

Crust
1 1/2 cup Oreo cookie crumbs (about 25 Oreo cookies finely chopped)
2 tablespoon melted butter
9″ spring form pan (buttered on bottom and sides)

1. Mix melted butter with Oreo crumbs and press in the bottom of the spring pan and 1 1/2″ up the sides, set aside.
2.All Ingredients must be at room temperature before beginning.  Beat cream cheese with a mixer on low until fluffy.
3. Slowly add sugar and continue beating cream cheese until mixed well.
4. Add eggs one at a time and continue to beat until blended.
5. Measure the vanilla, salt and flour, pour into cream cheese and egg mixture and beat until smooth. Add the sour cream and beat.
6. Stir in the coarsely chopped oreo cookies with a spoon.
7. Pour cream cheese into the spring pan and place the nine coarsely chopped Oreo Cookies on to of the cream mixture.
8. Place pan on the top rack and in the middle of a preheated oven at 325 degrees F and bake for one hour and 15 minutes.
9.After that time, keep oven door open and let the cheese cake stay in the oven for one hour. Remove from oven and let cool enough to place in the refrigerator for 24 hours.

Serves 4-6

(128 votes, average: 3.71 out of 5)

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My mother loves key lime pie, and always orders it when I take her to Outback Steakhouse.  She was amazed when I made this recipe at home for her, she thought I had ordered take out!

Ingredients

Filling
1 cup water
3 cups sugar
1 package unflavored gelatin
1 teaspoon salt
3 limes , juice of
1 cup condensed milk

Crust
1 stick butter
1 cup graham cracker crumbs

1.To prepare the filling, heat water, sugar, gelatin, salt and lime juice in pot but do not boil.
2.Then mix in condensed milk and heat again without boiling.
3.To prepare the crust, place butter in a pan and melt.
4. Mix in crumbs until it makes a crust-like substance.
5. Pour filling into crust and let cool.
Makes 1 Pie

(24 votes, average: 3.54 out of 5)

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1/2 cup minced onion
1/2 cup peanut oil
1/3 cup rice vinegar
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
2 tablespoons minced celery
2 tablespoons ketchup
4 teaspoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Combine all ingredients in a blender. Blend on high speed for about 30 seconds or the ginger is well−pureed and everything is mixed together.

Store in the refrigerator.
Makes 1 3/4 cups.

(31 votes, average: 4.03 out of 5)

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Summer is just around the corner, and what goes great on a hot summer afternoon?  Fresh squeezed lemonade!
1 quart water
1 cup sugar
1 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
sparkling water (not tonic water)
Mix the water, sugar and lemon juice together.  Fill a tall glass 2/3 to 3/4 with the lemon juice mixture then fill with sparkling water.

Enjoy!  Garnish with a mint leaf if you like.

(12 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)

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