Cookies and Cream Cheesecake Cupcakes

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Yes, Martha Stewart makes me want to pull my hair out too.  However, she does have some good recipes.  So putting aside that this comes from her, just think about oreos and cream cheese.  Then humble yourself and make these--for someone else, of course.

Cookies and Cream Cheesecake Cupcakes

From Martha Stewart's Cupcakes

Makes 30 (Note: I halved this recipe and it was very easy, 30 of these cupcakes would surely be the death of me)

• Ingredients:


• 42 cream-filled sandwich cookies, such as Oreos, 30 left whole, and 12 coarsely chopped


• 2 pounds cream cheese, room temperature


• 1 cup sugar


• 1 tsp vanilla extract


• 4 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten


• 1 cup sour cream


• Pinch of salt


1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Place 1 whole cookie in the bottom of each lined cup.
   
   
   
   2. With an electric mixer on medium high speed, beat cream cheese until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Gradually add sugar, and beat until combined. Beat in vanilla.
   
   
   
   3. Drizzle in eggs, a bit at a time, beating to combine and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in sour cream and salt. Stir in chopped cookies by hand.
   
   
   
   4. Divide batter evenly among cookie-lined cups, filling each almost to the top. Bake, rotating pan halfway through, until filling is set, about 22 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Refrigerate at least 4 hours (or up to overnight). Remove from tins just before serving.