Philadelphia Vanilla Mousse Cheesecake Recipe is a creamy vanilla cheesecake on a vanilla wafer crust gets a second layer of cream cheese with whipped topping and more vanilla for an elegant, special occasion dessert.
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar, divided
1 (8 ounce) tub COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed
3 eggs
3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
4 teaspoons vanilla, divided
4 (8 ounce) packages PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened, divided
40 NILLA Wafers, crushed
Method:
Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
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 well 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 well blended.
Whisk in COOL WHIP; spread over cheesecake. Refrigerate 4 hours. Remove rim of pan before serving cheesecake.
Notes and Tips:
Prepare recipe as directed, using a vanilla bean and reducing vanilla extract to 2 tsp. Use sharp knife to gently split 1 vanilla bean pod lengthwise in half, then scrape seeds into cheesecake batter. Add 1 tsp. vanilla extract to the batter and use remaining extract to flavor cheesecake topping as directed.
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