Cheesecake

Name: Cheesecake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cup cinnamon graham crackers, crushed; 1/3 cup butter, melted; 1/4 cup sugar; 40 oz cream cheese; 1/4 tsp vanilla exstract; 3/4 tsp lemon zest, alternately you can use 1/2 teaspoon lime zest and 1/2 teaspoon lime juice; 1 3/4 cup sugar; 3 tbsp flour; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 cup large eggs (4 to 5); 2 egg yokes; 1/4 cup whipping cream

Islidur @cook_2834976

Cheesecake

Islidur @cook_2834976

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Ingredients

Crust
1 3/4 cupcinnamon graham crackers, crushed
1/3 cupbutter, melted
1/4 cupsugar
Filling
40 ozcream cheese
1/4 tspvanilla exstract
3/4 tsplemon zest, alternately you can use 1/2 teaspoon lime zest and 1/2 teaspoon lime juice
1 3/4 cupsugar
3 tbspflour
1/4 tspsalt
1 cuplarge eggs (4 to 5)
2egg yokes
1/4 cupwhipping cream

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 450°F
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FOR THE CRUST
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Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix well
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Press mixture into the bottom of an 8 inch spring form pan coming up the sides to form a well. I use the bottom of a glass to press and smooth the form
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Wrap bottom of pan with aluminum foil to prevent leakage
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Place in freezer while working on the filling
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FOR THE FILLING
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Make sure cream cheese is softened then beat until creamy
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Add vanilla and zest
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Slowly blend in sugar, flour and salt
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Add eggs and yokes one at a time, mixing after each one just enough to incorporate
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Gently stir in whipping cream
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Pour into crust lined pan
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Place springform pan on deep baking sheet. Place in oven and fill baking sheet with enough water to come half way up the springform pan
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Bake at 450 for 12 minutes, then reduce temperature to 300°F and bake an additional 1 hour. Check to see if the center is set by gently shaking the pan. If center jiggles freely, continue baking 5 minutes. Continue with this process until center barely jiggles.
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Cool well before releasing from form