Peanut Butter Cookie Cheesecake Bars

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp butter melted
• 32 oz philadelphia cream cheese softened
• 4  eggs 
• 32  nutter butter peanut butter sandwich cookies divided
• 1 cup sugar 
• 1 tsp vanilla 

Equipment

• food processor
• oven
• baking pan
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Chop 16 of the cookies; set aside.
2. Place remaining 16 cookies in food processor container; cover. Process 30 to 45 seconds or until finely ground.
3. Add butter; mix well. Press firmly onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking pan.
4. Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
5. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Gently stir in 1-1/2 cups of the chopped cookies.
6. Pour over crust.
7. Sprinkle with remaining chopped cookies.
8. Bake 40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.
9. Cut into 32 bars. Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator.