About Me

I live in a small poke town within an hour of the California coast where there are more vineyards than people with my husband and three children and various pets. James Dean's tree is within walking distance and the James Brothers were also known to ride these hills. I was born to the son of Lutheran missionaries and the daughter of Catholic hypocrites. I'm a Zionist. I was born and raised in California where liberal ideas become gods, and conservative ideals are evil. Unfortunately, it's illegal to have morals in California. I'm one of the evil ones. I take my frustrations out on my houseplants, all 300+ of them.

Recipes & Procedures


OREO CHEESECAKE

OREO CHEESECAKE

2 cups Oreo cookie crumbs (about 20 cookies)
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 lbs. cream cheese, softened
1-1/4 cups sugar
1/3-cup pareve (non-dairy) whip (or whipping cream)
2 tablespoons flour
1-teaspoon vanilla
4 eggs
2 cups coarsely crumbled Oreos
1 lb. sour cream¼ cup sugar
1-teaspoon vanilla
1/3-cup pareve [non-dairy] whip (or whipping cream)
1-1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  • Combine first 3 ingredients and press mixture in bottom and up sides of a 10-inch spring-form pan.
  • Bake for 10 minutes and set aside.
  • Beat cream cheese until creamy.
  • Gradually add 1-1/4 cups sugar, beating well.
  • Add 1/3-cup pareve whip, flour and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
  • Mix well. Add eggs one at time, beating well after every addition.
  • Pour 3-1/2 cups of this batter into prepared crust.
  • Top with crumbled cookies.
  • Pour remaining batter over cookies.
  • Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
  • Combine sour cream, remaining 1/4 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
  • Spread over cheesecake.
  • Bake for 7 more minutes.
  • Turn oven off and leave cheesecake in with door close for 45 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and cool completely on a wire rack.
  • Cover and chill 8 hours.
  • Remove sides of pan.
  • Combine 1/3-cup pareve whip with chocolate chips in a small saucepan.
  • Stir over low heat until chocolate melts.
  • Stir in teaspoon vanilla and remove from heat.
  • Carefully spread mixture over cheesecake allowing it to drip down the sides.
  • Chill.