So, I totally fell down on the Fall Season Rant Reviewer job last night. I did get Big Bang Theory in and loved it. Only show that makes me laugh out loud…even when I see the joke coming. Love.

But I am making up for the dearth of Morning After Commentary with cupcakes! Cookies & Cream Cheesecake Cupcakes, to be exact! This is la Martha’s recipe and it’s surprisingly easy to make.

Martha Stewart’s Cookies and Cream Cheesecakes Recipe
Makes 30

Ingredients:
42 cream-filled sandwich cookies, such as Oreos, 30 left whole, and 12 coarsely chopped
2 pounds cream cheese, room temperature (*Four 8 oz blocks…so you don’t have to do the math)
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten
1 cup sour cream
Pinch of salt

Steps:

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.

Peel off the wrapper and serve them upside down and you can see the Oreo cookie inside!

Soooo good!!

Okay, now that you’re suitably sugar rushed….let’s giveaway two copies of SUGAR RUSH! Thank you all for entering. Biggest contest I’ve held yet. Blog Babes RULE! The two lucky winners this week are: Jenn Clark & Michele Benard!!!!!! Please send me your mailing addresses at donna@donnakauffman.com and I will get the books out to you!

And don’t forget to check over on Cakes by the Cup Blog to see who won over there!

Hope everyone has a great weekend. Check in Monday for the Final Fall Season Premiere Week Ranting Round-up! And…another contest!!

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