Margarita Cheesecake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
-
1 pie
- Serves:
- 10
ingredients
-
Crust
- 1⁄2 cup melted butter
- 1 1⁄4 cups crushed pretzels
- 1 tablespoon sugar
-
Cheesecake
- 2 (8 ounce) packages light cream cheese
- 1⁄4 teaspoon lemon extract
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 4 eggs
- 1⁄3 cup tequila
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons lime zest
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
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Topping
- 2 cups low-fat sour cream
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon lime zest
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
directions
- Crust:Finely crush the pretzels using a blender or food processor.
- Add melted butter and sugar.
- Press the crumbs onto the bottom and sides of a 9" springform pan lightly sprayed with cooking spray.
- Bake at 325 until light brown, 6-8 minutes.
- Set aside.
- Cheesecake:Lightly beat softened cream cheese until fluffy.
- Next, mix in cornstarch, lemon extract and sugar.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time with mixing in between each.
- Finally, mix in tequila, lime zest, and vanilla.
- Pour cheesecake onto the pretzel crust and bake at 325 until center is almost set (about 30 minutes) Cool the cheesecake 30 minutes at room temperature.
- While the cheesecake is cooling, increase oven temperature to 425.
- In a small bowl, mix sour cream, sugar, lime zest and lime juice.
- Using a spatula, carefully spread sour cream mixture over the surface of the cooled cheesecake.
- Bake at 425 for 10-15 minutes (sour cream will"set-up").
- Cool at room temperature before refrigerating.
- Serve cold.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Kleyt
United States
A little over a year ago, I finished my Ph.D. in molecular pharmacology and moved to the metro Atlanta area. This is my first time living in the south, and I love it. It has been so much fun learning about and eating good southern cooking. I work at a lab at an area university and am grateful that I have people who are willing to eat everything I want to bake. I love baking new recipes, but there are only so many sweets two people can eat, so it's nice that I have somewhere to try out new ideas. I think the only drawback to living around Atlanta is the traffic. It's amazing how many expensive cars apparently aren't equipped with turn signals :)