EASY BANANA PUDDING CHEESECAKE

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300F degrees.

Step 2

In the bowl of your stand mixer (or using a handheld electric mixer), combine cream cheese and sugar until smooth (about 2 minutes on medium speed).

Step 3

Add in eggs and mix until combined.

Step 4

Add the powdered instant banana pudding to the cream cheese mixture.

Step 5

If you are using a stand mixer, it's really important that you scrape down the sides of your mixing bowl often.

Step 6

Mix until combined.

Step 7

Batter will be thick.

Step 8

Put vanilla wafers into ziploc bag, and crush using your hands or a rolling pin.

Step 9

You want to leave some of them chunky so that you'll see bits of wafer in the cheesecake when you cut into it.

Step 10

Gently fold the wafers into the cheesecake batter.

Step 11

Spread batter into graham cracker crust.

Step 12

Bake in the oven for about 55-60 minutes.

Step 13

It'll be a bit puffy when you first take it out of the oven but will settle down as it cools.

Step 14

Allow cheesecake to cool for several hours in the fridge before serving.