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Serves: 12-16

Active Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 5 hour 30 minutes

From: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/crushed-peppermint-cheesecake-10000001011213/

=Ingredients=
12 ounces creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, such as Oreos, broken into pieces

3 tablespoons melted butter

1 1/2 pounds cream cheese, at room temperature

3/4 cup sugar

1/3 cup sour cream

4 eggs

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup coarsely crushed peppermint candy

=Directions=

== Step 1 ==
Place cookies in a heavy zip-lock plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin. Pour into a buttered 9-inch round springform pan and pour melted butter over crumbs; mix to coat, then press evenly over bottom and about 1/2 inch up sides of pan. Bake in a 300° oven until crust is slightly darker and looks a bit dry, about 10 minutes (leave oven on).

== Step 2 ==
Meanwhile, in a bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat cream cheese and sugar until well blended. Beat in sour cream. Add eggs one at a time, beating to blend after each addition. Beat in flour, vanilla, peppermint extract, and salt until smooth. Pour cream cheese mixture into pan over baked crust.

No! It starts off as sand and when you heat it ,it turns into  glass ! The glass has to be heated to a very high temp. to become a liquid again! So it's not going to fall out! Yes it is because the molecules slow down that it stays in shape! Heat it and the molecules speed up!

== Step 4 ==
Decorate top of cake with crushed peppermint candy, pressing it in gently with your hands.