Pink Lemonade Cheesecake

ratherbeswimmin''s Note:

Cheesecake Extraordinaire

• Total Time: 3 hrs 25 mins
• Prep Time: 1 hrs
• Cook Time: 2 hrs 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

Lemon Cookie Crust

• 11 lemon cream-filled vanilla sandwich cookies, crushed
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, melted

Lemonade Filling

• 24 ounces cream cheese
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 5 teaspoons cornstarch
• 4 eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 3/4 cup frozen pink lemonade concentrate, thawed
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 drops red food coloring

Lemonade Glaze

• 1/3 cup frozen pink lemonade concentrate, thawed
• 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 drop red food coloring
• lemon slice

Directions:

1. Make the crust: in a small bowl, stir the crushed cookies and melted butter together until well combined.
2. Press crumb mixture evenly onto the bottom of a greased 9-inch springform pan; set aside.
3. Make the filling: in a large bowl, combine the cream cheese, sugar, and cornstarch; beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
4. Add in eggs and egg yolk, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
5. Beat in the lemonade concentrate, vanilla, and red food coloring; pour cream cheese mixture over the crust.
6. Bake in a preheated 350° oven for 15 minutes; decrease temperature to 200° and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until the center no longer looks wet or shiny.
7. Remove the cake from the oven and run a knife around the inside edge of the pan; turn the oven off; return the cake to the oven for an additional 1 hour.
8. Chill, uncovered, overnight.
9. Make the glaze: in a small saucepan, stir the lemonade concentrate, lemon juice, cornstarch, and food coloring together; cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.
10. Cool and stir 2 minutes more; pour over cheesecake; garnish with lemon; chill until ready to serve.

Reviews

[**Tinkerbell**]

Oooooh! Tangy & creamy & so pretty! We loved this recipe. It's a unique combination & it was a refreshing change from the usual variations of chocolate. To achieve a brighter pink I used a neon pink food coloring. Thanks for sharing, ratherbeswimmin'! Made & enjoyed for October 2009 Think Pink, breast cancer awareness tag game. :) In memory of Simond (Dec 04) & Ellie (Oct 09)

[DACIA]

I have the Cheesecake Extraordinaire cookbook and I love it . I thought recipe was weird for a cheesecake but it's actually good. I'm glad I tried it.