Cheesecake crust

I did a pie recipe requiring oreo cookies crushed for the base not too long ago and I thought it would be a mess with the filling...but it wasn't. It all ground up somehow and you couldnt even see any signs of cream filling after it had been blitzed....maybe you could try blitzing a few bourbons in your mixer?

Same as what Stephanie said... i've used chocolate digestives as a base for a pie, and it wasn't a problem at all.  Tasted fantastic, too!

Good to know! Thanks, Steph & QG! 

I might get a pack of them and give it a go.  A bit doubtful about it, but I have the plain digestives as a back-up.

Ok, I've never made a cheesecake.  After the initial baking of the crust, is it supposed to be quite firm and crisp?

I did it with the biscuits that the recipe calls for and if I touch the crust, (still warm) I'm pulling back a wet-ish mixture.  I would have expected it to be firm.

Someone please tell me what I should expect!

Just asked my (British) boyfriend; he says yes, this is what you're looking for (and, incidentally, the "plain" in "plain chocolate biscuits" is meaning "plain chocolate" - as opposed to milk or dark).  

Also, I'm drooling over that cheesecake!  Let us know how it comes, would you?  The last chocolate cheesecake I tried was a total waste

Plain chocolate is the same as dark chocolate

Ok, I've never made a cheesecake.  After the initial baking of the crust, is it supposed to be quite firm and crisp?

I did it with the biscuits that the recipe calls for and if I touch the crust, (still warm) I'm pulling back a wet-ish mixture.  I would have expected it to be firm.

Someone please tell me what I should expect!

It should be dry after its baked initially.

I am singularly unimpressed with the crust.  Even after baking it longer than the recipe called for and using the EXACT ingredients, the crust was too wet.  I haven't cut it yet, but it's quite evident from removing the ring of the pan.  I daren't remove the bottom of the springform tin.

Should have gone with my gut feeling to use plain digestives, and added cocoa and powdered sugar.

The cheesecake itself came out perfectly and nicely set, so all is not lost.

Sorry Cait... it worked when i did mine! 

I am singularly unimpressed with the crust.  Even after baking it longer than the recipe called for and using the EXACT ingredients, the crust was too wet.  I haven't cut it yet, but it's quite evident from removing the ring of the pan.  I daren't remove the bottom of the springform tin.

Should have gone with my gut feeling to use plain digestives, and added cocoa and powdered sugar.

The cheesecake itself came out perfectly and nicely set, so all is not lost.

Don't want to say I told you so..................

Don't want to say I told you so..................

Yes, Mum!