no-bake cheesecake bananas & brown sugar

I was looking around for a quick but delicious dessert to serve after Easter dinner.  It was a small gathering but I still wanted something special for the day.
I am going to warn you that this was so delightful that you will only want to make it if there is a crowd; only so you don’t eat the whole thing yourself. Baring you like Bananas, light and fluffy brown sugar and cinnamon filling and a crust that; when baked; is crisp and tastes like vanilla buttery sweetness.

I honestly cannot remember the last time I bought a box of Nilla-Wafers. I kind of remember there being two brands, I thought one was actually called vanilla wafers not the nilla one but I could  only find the one. I could also be wrong – doesn’t matter I didn’t have a choice.
The recipe said you don’t have to bake the crust but I am not sure how well the crust would hold together without the baking, if you decide not to, please let me know how it worked out for you. My first slice was the typical disaster, even the second slice wasn’t pretty but after that they all came out just perfectly after that. I will tell you that slicing it at the tables was not one of my finest moments. So if I were you just slice it in the kitchen before bringing it to the table.
Brown Sugar Banana No-Bake Cheesecake

Crust Ingredients
2 cups (va) nilla wafers – crumbled
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Filing Ingredients
2 Bananas, sliced thin
16 ounces cream cheese – room temperature
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup heavy cream
Optional toasted nuts

Crust Directions
Pre-heat oven to 350’F
Lightly grease a 9-inch round tart part – or use a pie plate
Combine cookie crumbs and melted butter until thoroughly combined and press into the bottom and up the sides of your dish
Bake for 12 minutes. Set aside to cool
Filling Directions
Arrange the sliced bananas along the bottom of your cooled crust
Beat the cream cheese, brown sugar, vanilla and cinnamon until thoroughly combined and smooth.
In a separate bowl whip up the heavy cream until soft peaks form.
Fold a third of the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture. Gently fold the rest of the whipped cream.
Spread the filling evenly on top of the bananas. Tops with toasted nuts if using and refrigerate for 4+ hours.

recipe from: bakeorbreak