It's easier than you think to impress family and friends with this professional-style cheesecake!
Pistachio-White Chocolate Cheesecake
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 6 hr 0 min
- Ingredients 11
- Servings 16
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 cup chocolate cookie crumbs
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
Filling
- 20 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 4 eggs
- 1 (3.4-oz.) pkg. instant pistachio pudding and pie filling mix
- 1 (12-oz.) pkg. (2 cups) white vanilla chips
- 1/2 cup chopped shelled pistachios
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, combine cookie crumbs and 1/4 cup sugar; mix well. Stir in butter. Press crumb mixture in bottom of ungreased 9-inch springform pan.
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Step2Bake at 350°F. for 10 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Wrap outside of pan, bottom and sides, with heavy-duty foil.
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Step3Reduce oven temperature to 325°F. Beat cream cheese in large bowl at medium speed until creamy. Beat in 3/4 cup sugar until very soft and creamy. Add sour cream and almond extract; beat well. Reduce speed to low; add eggs one at a time, beating just until combined and scraping down sides of bowl after each addition.
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Step4With wire whisk, beat in pudding mix until well mixed. Stir in vanilla chips. Pour into crust-lined pan. Sprinkle pistachios over top.
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Step5Bake at 325°F. for 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes or until sides of cheesecake are set and slightly puffed but center still moves slightly when pan is tapped. Cool cheesecake in pan on wire rack for 1 hour. Cover; refrigerate at least 3 hours before serving.
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Step6To serve, remove sides of pan. Cut cheesecake into wedges.
Nutrition
455
Calories
29g
Total Fat
7g
Protein
43g
Total Carbohydrate
35g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1/16 of Recipe
- Calories
- 455
- Calories from Fat
- 260
- Total Fat
- 29g
- 45%
- Saturated Fat
- 15g
- 75%
- Cholesterol
- 105mg
- 35%
- Sodium
- 300mg
- 13%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 43g
- 14%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 35g
- Protein
- 7g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 14%
- 14%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 1 Fruit; 5 Fat;
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