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Ultimate New York Style Cheesecake Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Combine flour and sugar, peels in large bowl.
  • Cut in butter until texture of coarse crumbs.
  • Stir in yolk and vanilla to form a soft dough.
  • Chill at least 1 hour. .
  • Roll pastry on floured board to 1/8 in. thick
  • Cut out a 9 in circle; refrigerate the trimmings.
  • Place the circle of dough over the bottom of a greased 9 in springform pan.
  • Preheat oven to 400F
  • Bake until golden, about 20 minutes.
  • Let cool.
  • Filling: Beat cream cheese with the sugar, flour, lemon and orange
  • peel and vanilla with an electric mixer.
  • Add eggs and yolks, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
  • Stir in the cream.
  • Increase oven temp to 550F.
  • Grease sides of springform pan.
  • Roll out the reserved pastry trimmings and cut into strips 2 in. wide.
  • Pat into place against the sides of the pan, pressing an edge into the bottom crust.
  • Fill immediately with the cream cheese mix.
  • Bake 12 minutes.
  • Reduce temp to 200F; bake 1 hour. OR center set like a custard
  • Let cake cool completely on wire rack.
  • Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
  • Top as desired with various fruits and glazes
  • Note:
  • I chill overnight for the best texture
  • since I don't use a crust baking times may alter
  • Sometimes I also bake in a waterbath to prevent cracks.
  • Also the heat is 550F in the recipe to produce a browned top crust. and then lowered to finsih cooking
  • Enjoy and Happy New Year !

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  • angelgirl94 14 years ago
    I love cheesecake. Just bookmarked your recipe. Thanks for sharing. : )
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    " It was excellent "
    carmenbigred ate it and said...
    Hi.. Beautifully posted... Simular to one of my German cheesecake recipe.. A for sure winner.. Thanks.. And have a very Happy New Year! Cheers Midgelet!
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    " It was excellent "
    tablescape ate it and said...
    My husband loves cheesecake, but I rarely encourage him to have it. But, once in a while, maybe. This looks like the one for the New Year.

    Thanks for the recipe; love to make something new. Happy New Year, Midge dear.
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