Lemon Cheesecake with Butter Cookie Crust

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This is a refreshing yet rich and creamy cheesecake, wonderful topped with fresh berries and homemade whipped cream

Lemon Cheesecake with Butter Cookie Crust

This is a refreshing yet rich and creamy cheesecake, wonderful topped with fresh berries and homemade whipped cream

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Ingredients

30 mins
  1. 1FOR COOKIE CRUST
  2. 2 1/2 cupbutter cookie crumbs, I used pepperidge farms chessman cookies.You will need about 1 1/2 bags of the 7.25 oz bag.
  3. 1/4 cupconfectioners sugar
  4. 1/3 cupmelted butter
  5. 1FOR LEMON CHEESECAKE FILLING
  6. 58 ounce packages of cream cheese at room temperature
  7. 2 cupgranulated sugar
  8. 1/4 tspsalt
  9. 7 largeeggs
  10. 24 ozsour cream ( 3 cups )
  11. 2 tbspfresh lemon juice
  12. 2 tbsplemon zest
  13. 1 tspvanilla extract
  14. 1FOR WHIPPED CREAM TOPPNG
  15. 2 1/2 cupheavy whipping cream
  16. 3 tbspconfectioners sugar
  17. 1 tspvanilla extract
  18. 1FOR GARNISH
  19. 1 cupfresh berries of choice, some for serving after slicing
  20. 6thin lemon slices
  21. 1/4 cupchcolate shavings

Cooking Instructions

30 mins
  1. 1

    PREPARE BAKING PAN

  2. 2

    Spray a 9 inche diameter removable bottom springform pan with 3 inch high sides with non stick spray, line bottom with parchment paper to fit.

  3. 3

    FOR CRUST

  4. 4

    Combine crumbs, confectioners sugar and butter mix well. Press into bottom and a bit up the sides of the prepared pan. Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes until golden brown. Cool before filling

  5. 5

    Cover bottom and sides of cooled prepared crust pan with a double layer of aluminum foil tightly.This is to keep cheesecake dry while baking in a water bath pan.

  6. 6

    PREPARE LEMON CHEESECAKE FILLING

  7. 7

    Prehat oven to 325

  8. 8

    In a large bowl beat cream cheese until smooth and fluffy, add sugar slowly than add salt. Beat in eggs one at a time, beat in sour cream, lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla.Pour filling into prepated pan.

  9. 9

    Place foil wrapped cake in a large roasting pan. Pour enough very hot water into roasting pan to come halfway up cake pan. (this is the water bath ) Bake until filling is slightly puffy and moves only a tiny bit in center when shaken.This will take about 1hour 25 to 30 minutes. Remove cake pan from water bath, remove foil. Cool cake on a wire rack until room temperature about 2 hours. Chill in refrigerator, uncovered until cold, then cover. Keep chilled at least overnight before removing from pan. To remove from pan cut around sides to carefully loosen bottom from sides with small sharp knife.remove side part of springform pan. Place cheesescake on serving dish.

  10. 10

    FOR TOPPING

  11. 11

    In a chilled bowl beat heavy cream until soft peaks form, add confectioners sugar and vanilla and beat until stiff. Spread over to and sides of cheesecake.

  12. 12

    Garish wth thin lemon slices, fresh berries and chocolate shavings

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“Fenway” passed away on 2/3/2021. For the last year she tried to teach her husband of 42 years how to cook like her. Although I will never be as good of a cook as her she did pass on her passion for cooking. Therefore, I will attempt to carry on her legacy and maintain/update her site. My wife was a Registered Nurse, a licensed deep water aerobics instructor, a mother to our 2 children and a fantastic cook. We grew up in New England but have been fortunate to live all over the US. I am now retired, missing her terribly, but thankful for all the years we had together and all her cooking lessons.
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fenway
fenway @Fenway
Unfortunately I’m sorry to say I have no experience with converting recipes to vegetarian. I hope you can find someone to help you thank you for your interest in my resume. Happy new year

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