Deluxe Cheesecake Recipe
Even a bar of chocolate cannot lift my spirits as well as this Deluxe Cheesecake. The marriage of the amazing flavors of Cheese with other ingredients is the secret to this Deluxe Cheesecake. I just love Dessert recipes and this dish is my only favorite amongst them. Have faith in me and try this Deluxe Cheesecake.
Ingredients
3/4 cup butter or margarine , softened
All-purpose flour
Sugar
3 egg yolks
Grated peel of 2 small lemons
5 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
5 eggs
1/4 cup milk
One of the Cheesecake Toppings
Directions
1. In small bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat butter or margarine, 1 1/4 cups flour, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 egg yolk, and one-half of grated lemon peel until well mixed. Shape dough into ball and wrap with plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour.
2. Preheat oven to 400°F. Press one-third of dough onto bottom of 10" by 2 1/2" springform pan. Bake 8 minutes; cool.
3. Turn oven control to 475°F. In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat cream cheese just until smooth; slowly beat in 1 3/4 cups sugar. With mixer at low speed, beat in eggs, milk, 3 tablespoons flour, remaining 2 egg yolks, and remaining lemon peel. At medium speed, beat 5 minutes.
4. Press remaining two-thirds of dough around side of pan to within 1 inch of top; do not bake. Pour cream-cheese mixture into pan; bake 12 minutes. Turn oven control to 300°F.; bake 35 minutes longer. Turn off oven; let cheesecake remain in oven 30 minutes. Remove; cool in pan on wire rack. Refrigerate cheesecake at least 4 hours or until well chilled.
2. Preheat oven to 400°F. Press one-third of dough onto bottom of 10" by 2 1/2" springform pan. Bake 8 minutes; cool.
3. Turn oven control to 475°F. In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat cream cheese just until smooth; slowly beat in 1 3/4 cups sugar. With mixer at low speed, beat in eggs, milk, 3 tablespoons flour, remaining 2 egg yolks, and remaining lemon peel. At medium speed, beat 5 minutes.
4. Press remaining two-thirds of dough around side of pan to within 1 inch of top; do not bake. Pour cream-cheese mixture into pan; bake 12 minutes. Turn oven control to 300°F.; bake 35 minutes longer. Turn off oven; let cheesecake remain in oven 30 minutes. Remove; cool in pan on wire rack. Refrigerate cheesecake at least 4 hours or until well chilled.
