Basic (Cream Cheese) Cheesecake Recipe

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Basic (Cream Cheese) Cheesecake
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Ingredients
15
Count
Nutrition
1041
Calories
Total time
21
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup sifted flour
  • 2 1/2 lbs cream cheese ( five 8-oz packages)
  • 1 1/4-1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 3 tbsp flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 tsp lemon zest
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream

Directions:

  1. Crust:.
  2. Cream butter and sugar together.
  3. Add egg yolk and vanilla.
  4. Gradually add flour and lemon zest, and mix until dough pulls away from sides of bowl.
  5. Grease the bottom only of a 9-inch springform pan.
  6. Pat dough evenly over the entire bottom of pan.
  7. Bake bottom crust at 350°F for 5 minutes.
  8. Cool completely before greasing sides of pan.
  9. Filling:.
  10. Note: All ingredients MUST be at room temperature!
  11. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar together on lowest speed until well blended, scrape sides of bowl.
  12. Add flour and salt, then add the eggs one at a time, mixing after each.
  13. Scrape bowl, then add 2 egg yolks.
  14. Add vanilla, lemon zest and heavy cream, stir to mix well.
  15. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in a preheated 500°F oven for 8 minutes.
  16. Turn oven temperature down to 350°F and continue baking for one hour.
  17. Remove from oven and cool cake completely before removing the sides of pan.
  18. Refrigerate until ready to serve (at least 4 hours).
  19. Note: I have never used a water bath with this recipe and have never had the cheesecake crack. Overbeating the filling and overbaking the cake is what will cause cracks.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1040.95 Kcal (4358 kJ)
Calories from fat 794.22 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 88.25g 136%
Cholesterol 473.62mg 158%
Sodium 895.78mg 37%
Potassium 360.64mg 8%
Total Carbs 45.63g 15%
Sugars 37.69g 151%
Dietary Fiber 0.52g 2%
Protein 19.85g 40%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 6%
Iron 1.5mg 8%
Calcium 240.1mg 24%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 331.77 Kcal (1389 kJ)
Calories from fat 253.14 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 28.13g 136%
Cholesterol 150.95mg 158%
Sodium 285.5mg 37%
Potassium 114.94mg 8%
Total Carbs 14.54g 15%
Sugars 12.01g 151%
Dietary Fiber 0.17g 2%
Protein 6.33g 40%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 6%
Iron 0.5mg 8%
Calcium 76.5mg 24%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 28.1
    Points
  • 29
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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