New York Cheesecake

American Cheesecake

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Ingredients

  • CRUMB CRUST
  • 1 1/2 cups (5 oz) finely ground graham crackers
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 3 Tbsp. sugar
  • CHEESECAKE
  • 5 (8-oz) packages cream cheese, softened
  • 1 3/4 cups sugar
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • Finely grated zest of 1 orange
  • Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
  • 5 large eggs
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

CRUMB CRUST

Stir together crust ingredients and press onto bottom and 1 inch up side of a buttered 9" springform pan. Fill right away or chill up to 2 hours.

CHEESECAKE

Preheat oven to 500F.(475 F for dark pans).

Beat together cream cheese, sugar, flour, and zests with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs and yolks, 1 at a time, then vanilla, beating on low speed until each ingredient is incorporated and scraping down bowl between additions.

Put springform pan with crust in a shallow baking pan. Pour filling into crust (springform pan will be completely full) and bake in baking pan (to catch drips) in middle of oven 8 - 10 minutes, or until puffed. Reduce temperature to 2000F (175 F for dark pans),and continue baking until cake is mostly firm (center will still be slightly wobbly when pan is gently shaken), about 1 hour and 50 minutes to 2 hours.

Run a knife around top edge of cake to loosen and cool completely in springform pan on a rack. Chill cake, loosely covered, at least 6 hours. Remove side of pan and transfer cake to a plate. Bring to room temperature before serving.



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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: www.epicurious.com/ Revised by Meryl
Submitted By: Meryl
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New York Cheesecake