Ingredients:
- 20 nilla wafers
- ¾ cup mashed bananas (about 2)
- ½ cup whipping cream
- 3 eggs
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- 24 oz cream cheese, softened
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Place wafers in a blender or in a food processor. Blend until finely crushed.
Add melted butter and blend well. Press crumb mixture onto bottom of 10″ pan and place in the refrigerator.
In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with an electric mixer at medium speed until creamy. Add sugar and cornstarch. beat until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas, whipping cream, and vanilla.
Pour cream cheese mixture into prepared pan. Place pan on a cookie sheet and bake 15 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 200°F continue baking 75 minutes
Cool completely on a wire rack before removing rim of pan. Refrigerate cheesecake, uncovered, 6 hours or overnight.
Allow cheesecake to stand at room temperature 15 minutes before serving.
