Deluxe Cheesecake Recipe

Deluxe Cheesecake Recipe

Ingredients

• Serving Size : 16
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour – + 3 T
• 2 cup sugar – divided
• 1 egg yolk
• lemon peel – grated fresh from 2 lemons
• 5 package cream cheese – 8 oz size
• 5 eggs
• 1/4 cup whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon orange peel; grated – fresh
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sour cream for garnish

Method

1. In small bowl with mixer at low speed, beat butter, 1 1/4 C flour, 1/4 C sugar, 1 egg yolk and half of the lemon peel until dough is well mixed.
2. Refrigerate, covered, for 1 hour.
3. Preheat oven to 400-degrees.
4. Press 1/3 of dough into bottom of 10-inch springform pan.
5. Bake 8 minutes; allow to cool.
6. Turn oven to 475-degrees.
7. In large bowl with mixer at medium speed, beat cream cheese just until smooth; slowly beat in 1 3/4 C sugar until smooth.
8. With mixer at low speed, beat in 3 T flour and remaining ingredients except sour cream
9. At high speed beat 5 minutes.
10. Press rest of dough around side of springform pan to within 1-inch of top, do not bake now.
11. Pour cheese mixture into pan; bake 12 minutes.
12. Turn oven to 300-degrees; bake 35 minutes.
13. Turn off oven; leave in oven 30 minutes
14. Remove; cool in pan on rack
15. Chill.
16. To serve: Remove side of pan.
17. With large spatula, loosen cake from plate.
18. Spread top of cheesecake with cour cream to garnish.

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