D'best Cheesecake
Author/Submitted by: Servings: 16 Categories:
Cheesecakes
/
Desserts
Ingredients:
Sallie Kratz 3/4
cup
Butter 1 1/4
cups
All purpose flour,
+ 3 T
2
cups
Sugar,
divided
1
Egg yolk
Lemon peel,
grated fresh
from 2 lemons 5
packages
Cream cheese,
8 oz size
5
Eggs 1/4
cup
Whipping cream 1
tablespoon
Orange peel; grated,
fresh
1/4
teaspoon
Salt 1
cup
Sour cream for garnish
Directions:
In small bowl with mixer at low speed, beat butter, 1 1/4 c flour, 1/4 c sugar, 1 egg yolk and half of the lemon peel until dough is well mixed.
Refrigerate, covered, for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 400-degrees. Press 1/3 of dough into bottom of 10-inch springform pan. Bake 8 minutes; allow to cool. Turn oven to 475-degrees. In large bowl with mixer at mediom speed, beat cream cheese just until smooth; slowly beat in 1 3/4 c sugar until smooth.
With mixer at low speed, beat in 3 T flour and remaining ingredients. except sour cream. At high speed beat 5 minutes.
Press rest of dough around side of springform pan to within 1-inch of top, do not bake now. Pour cheese mixture into pan; bake 12 minutes. Turn oven to 300-degrees; bake 35 minutes. Turn off oven; leave in oven 30 minutes. remove; cool in pan on rack. Chill.
To serve: Remove side of pan. With ladge spatular, loosen cake from plate. Spread top of cheesecake with cour cream to garnish...
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