Deluxe Cheesecake

Time

Yield

20 servings

Ingredients

Ingredients

Crust

1-1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 lg. egg yolk
1 sm. lemon, grated peel of

Filling

5 pkg. (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened
1-3/4 cup sugar
5 lg. eggs
1/4 cup milk
3 tbsp. all-purpose flour
2 lg. egg yolks
1 sm. lemon, grated peel of

Instructions

First prepare pastry dough. In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat flour, butter, sugar, egg yolk and grated lemon peel until well mixed. Shape dough into ball; wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 400°F. Press 1/3 of dough onto bottom of 10x2-1/2-inch springform pan; keep remaining dough refrigerated. Bake crust 8 minutes or until golden; cool in pan on wire rack. Turn oven control to 475°F. While crust is cooling, prepare filling:

In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat cream cheese just until smooth; slowly beat in sugar, scraping bowl often with rubber spatula. Add eggs, milk, flour, egg yolks and lemon peel; beat 5 minutes, occasionally scraping bowl.

Press remaining dough around sides of pan to within 1-inch of top. Pour cream cheese mixture into crust. Bake cheesecake 12 minutes. Turn oven control to 300°F; bake 35 minutes longer. Turn off oven; let cheesecake remain in oven 30 minutes.

Remove cheesecake from oven; cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours or until well chilled. When cheesecake is firm, use spatula to loosen pan from cheesecake and slide onto serving plate.

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