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New York Style Cheesecake Recipe

New York Style Cheesecake Recipe


Crust:
2C graham cracker crumbs
1/4t sea salt
1/3C sugar
4T melted butter

Cake:
5 bricks cream cheese
6 eggs plus 3 egg yolks
4T butter
8oz sour cream
2C sugar
Zest of one large lemon
2T vanilla

Directions:
1) warm up sour cream, butter & cream cheese (need to be room temperature)

2) preheat oven to 375F and put rack in center of oven

3) using butter flavored cooking spray, spray the sides & bottom of an 8" spring form pan

4) combine crust ingredients and press into bottom of pan

5) cut your parchment paper to the width of the sides of the springform pan & line the pan

6) bake a few minutes until golden brown

7) remove & cool 15 minutes

8) combine cake ingredients in your stand mixer and mix until creamy and smooth

9) spray sides of springform pan

10) use 3 large pieces of aluminum foil and crisscross them underneath your springform and wrap the pan to keep water out

11) start your teapot and bring water to a boil (full kettle)

12) place springform in large roasting pan then pour cake mixture into springform

13) surround springform with boiling water and bake 60 minutes

14) check cake for brown top & if it's not done, set timer for 20 minutes and check again. Repeat til ready.

15) remove from water bath and oven

16) chill in fridge 6-8 hours and remove sides of pan and parchment before serving

ENJOY!!!!

May your paths be abundantly filled with lemons, sugar, sunshine, 
and may you always have plenty of people around your table 
and an abundance of sweetness to serve them! 

Crystal is a church musician, babywearing mama (aka crunchy mama),
business owner, active journaler, writer and blogger, Blog Tour Manager with WOW! Women on Writing, Publicist with Dream of Things Publishing, as well as a dairy farmer. She lives in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin with her husband, four young children (Carmen 9, Andre 7, Breccan 2, and Delphine 1), two dogs, two rabbits, four little piggies, a handful of cats and kittens, and over 230 Holsteins.


You can find Crystal riding unicorns, blogging and reviewing books, baby carriers, cloth diapers, and all sorts of other stuff at: http://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/ and here: http://bringonlemons.blogspot.com/

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