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Category: Cheesecake
Prep Time: Cook Time: Total Time:
Crust
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
6 tbsp butter; melted
2 tbsp sugar
Filling
3 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs, room temperature
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
2 tsp grated lemon rind
2 tsp vanilla
Topping
2 cups sour cream
3 tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Lemon Glaze, recipe follows
Curled lemon strip, large strawberry and mint leaves for garnish
Preheat oven to 350. Combine first 3 ingredients thoroughly. Press crust evenly onto bottom and sides of buttered 9 inch springform pan. Bake crust 5 minutes. Allow to cool.
Beat cream cheese until soft. Add sugar, blending thoroughly. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in lemon juice, rind and vanilla. Blend well. turn into pan and bake 35 minutes.
Meanwhile, blend sour cream and remaining sugar and vanilla. Remove cake from oven after baking 35 minutes. Gently spread sour cream mixture over top. Return to oven and bake 12 more minutes. Cool cheesecake on wire rack 30 minutes.
Spread with slightly cooled lemon glaze (before glaze sets). Chill several hours or overnight before removing sides of pan.
Lemon Glaze
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup water
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1 egg yolk
1 tbsp butter
1 tsp grated lemon rind
In heavy 1-quart saucepan mix sugar, cornstarch and salt. Combine water, lemon juice and egg yolk and add to sugar mixture. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a slow boil and thickens. Add butter and lemon rind. Allow to cool slightly, but spread on cheesecake before glaze sets.
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Category: Cheesecake
Prep Time: Cook Time: Total Time:
Crust
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
6 tbsp butter; melted
2 tbsp sugar
Filling
3 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs, room temperature
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
2 tsp grated lemon rind
2 tsp vanilla
Topping
2 cups sour cream
3 tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Lemon Glaze, recipe follows
Curled lemon strip, large strawberry and mint leaves for garnish
Preheat oven to 350. Combine first 3 ingredients thoroughly. Press crust evenly onto bottom and sides of buttered 9 inch springform pan. Bake crust 5 minutes. Allow to cool.
Beat cream cheese until soft. Add sugar, blending thoroughly. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in lemon juice, rind and vanilla. Blend well. turn into pan and bake 35 minutes.
Meanwhile, blend sour cream and remaining sugar and vanilla. Remove cake from oven after baking 35 minutes. Gently spread sour cream mixture over top. Return to oven and bake 12 more minutes. Cool cheesecake on wire rack 30 minutes.
Spread with slightly cooled lemon glaze (before glaze sets). Chill several hours or overnight before removing sides of pan.
Lemon Glaze
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup water
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1 egg yolk
1 tbsp butter
1 tsp grated lemon rind
In heavy 1-quart saucepan mix sugar, cornstarch and salt. Combine water, lemon juice and egg yolk and add to sugar mixture. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a slow boil and thickens. Add butter and lemon rind. Allow to cool slightly, but spread on cheesecake before glaze sets.
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