Frosted Animal Cookie Cheesecake

I am a natural born sweets lover. If loving dessert can be in your blood, it’s in mine. This cheesecake kind of reminds me of that because these frosted animal cookies have been a favorite cookie of mine for as long as I can remember. On many occasions I have picked up a bag from the store, only for it to last 48 hours in my house – at the most. It’s dangerous for me to even buy them and that was the case when making this cheesecake.

Often when buying ingredients, I get plenty extra. Of course there are always endless bags of flour, sugar and packages of butter. But when I need things like animal cookies, I also have to buy several bags. I’m not a fan of running to the store over and over again. And I still had to make a couple trips to replenish these cookies as I was testing out this recipe.

FROSTED ANIMAL COOKIE CHEESECAKE

INGREDIENTS:

CRUST

• 2 1/4 cups (302g) frosted animal cookie crumbs
• 2 tbsp (28g) salted butter, melted

FILLING

• 24 ounces (678g) cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 cup (207g) sugar
• 3 tbsp (24g) all purpose flour
• 1 cup (230g) sour cream, room temperature
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 4 large eggs, room temperature
• 2 cups (208g) chopped frosted animal cookies, divided

WHITE CHOCOLATE GANACHE

6 oz (169g) white chocolate chips

• 1/4 cup (60ml) heavy whipping cream
• Pink gel icing color
• Sprinkles

WHIPPED CREAM

• 1/2 cup (120ml) heavy whipping cream, cold
• 4 tbsp (29g) powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS:

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