Deli cheesecake
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1¼ | cup | Graham cracker crumbs (16 crackers - or a ready-made crust) |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sugar |
| 3 | tablespoons | Butter, melted |
| 2 | eaches | 8 oz. packages plus 1 3 oz. package cream cheese, softened |
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 2 | teaspoons | Grated lemon peel |
| 3 | eaches | Eggs |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 1 | can | Cherry or blueberry pie filling or 1 cup dairy sour cream, for topping |
| 1 | each | Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together the grahm crackers, 2 |
| tablespoon | Of sugar and melted butter. | |
| 2 | eaches | Press the crumbs into a 9-inch pan. Bake this crust 10 minutes, then |
| Cool. | ||
| 3 | eaches | Reduce the heat to 300 degrees. Beat the cream cheese; when it is |
Directions
whipped, add 1 cup of sugar and beat mixture until it is fluffy. 4.
Add the lemon peel and vanilla. 5. Beat in one egg at a time. 6. Pour this mixture into the cooled crumb crust; bake the cake one hour, until the center is firm. 7. Cool the cake to room temperature.
Yield: 12 servings. This is a rich, delicious cheesecake, New York deli style. It makes a good alternative to the standard layer cake for birthdays.
Submitted By WILLIAM BUEHLER On 10-13-94