Components:
Sauce-
1 cup granulated sugar
6 tbsp salted butter, lower into 6 items
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 tsp salt
Cake-
1 cup Oreo cookies, finely crushed
3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
3 (8 oz) packages of cream cheese, softened
1 (14 oz) can sweetened, condensed milk
3 massive eggs, room temp
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup mini chocolate chips (plus extra for topping)
sea salt (optional-for topping)
Instructions:
Make the caramel sauce- in a small saucepan, warmth sugar over medium warmth. Use a heat-resistant spatula to repeatedly stir the sugar. It can begin to soften and from brown clumps. Preserve stirring! As soon as the sugar is melted, add the butter. Watch out to maintain stirring because the caramel will bubble up whenever you add the butter. Stir the butter till utterly melted, 2-3 minutes. Proceed stirring as you slowly drizzle the cream in. Preserve stirring once more, as a result of the caramel will bubble up once more whenever you add the cream. Permit the combination to boil for 1 minute, then take away pan from warmth. Instantly stir within the salt. Set sauce apart and permit to chill earlier than utilizing. Retailer in a glass jar for ease of use, maintain sauce within the fridge.
Preheat oven to 300º. Completely grease a 9-inch springform pan. Put aside.
In a mixing bowl, mix Oreo’s and butter. Press combination evenly into the springform pan.
Put together the filling- place cream cheese in a stand mixer or mixing bowl to make use of an electrical beater on in. Beat the cream cheese till fluffy, 2-3 minutes. Beat within the condensed milk. Beat within the eggs, one after the other till completely blended. Combine within the vanilla. Add chocolate chips to the bowl, and fold in gently with a spatula. Pour filling into springform pan. High with a handful of mini chocolate chips.
Bake in preheat oven for 40-50 minutes, or till the cheesecake is ready and jiggles barely within the middle. Run a skinny knife across the fringe of the cheese cake (however depart it within the pan) and place on a cooling rack. Permit cheese cake to chill earlier than chilling within the fridge within the springform pan in a single day.
Earlier than serving, warmth caramel sauce within the microwave for 10-15 seconds. Pop springform pan off cheesecake. Pour sufficient caramel sauce excessive of the cheese cake to cowl it. High with extra chocolate chips and a sprinkle of sea salt, if desired. Slice, and serve instantly.