Easy Banana Pudding Cheesecake

Name: Easy Banana Pudding Cheesecake
Prep time: 8 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 3 min
Yield: 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 large prepared graham cracker crust (2 extra servings); 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened to room temperature; 1 (3 1/2 ounce) box banana cream instant pudding; 2 eggs; 1/2 cup sugar; 2 ripe bananas, mashed; 1/2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 15 vanilla wafers, chopped

Submitted by JFitz

"Found this online and everyone went crazy over it even if they didn't like bananas!"

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Ready In:: 1hr 3mins
Ingredients:: 8
Serves:: 8

ingredients

1 large prepared graham cracker crust (2 extra servings)
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened to room temperature
1 (3 1/2 ounce) box banana cream instant pudding
2 eggs
¹⁄₂ cup sugar
2 ripe bananas, mashed
¹⁄₂ tablespoon fresh lemon juice
15 vanilla wafers, chopped

directions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Cream together cream cheese and sugar until smooth (about 2 minutes at medium speed). Add in eggs and mix until combined.
In a separate bowl, mash up bananas. Squeeze in the juice from the lemon and stir until combined.
Add the instant pudding and the mashed bananas to the cream cheese mixture. Make sure you scrap down the sides of the bowl often. Mix until combined. Batter will be thick.
Put vanilla wafers into ziploc bag and crush. You want to leave some of them chunky so that you'll see bits of wafer in the cheesecake. Gently fold the wafers into the cheesecake batter.
Spread batter in to graham cracker crust.
Bake in the oven for about 55-60 minutes.
It'll be a pit puffy when you first take it out of the oven. Don't worry, it'll all settle down as it cools.
Allow cheesecake to cool for several hours in the fridge before serving. A great way to serve this is to top each slice with whipped cream and a slice of banana and vanilla wafer.
Enjoy!