Simple Lemon Cheesecake
photo by buttercreambarbie
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
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Crust
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
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Cheese filling
- 1 lb cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2⁄3 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
- 3 eggs, at room temperature, lightly beaten
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Cheesecake topping
- 3⁄4 cup sour cream
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1⁄3 cup whipping cream
directions
- For the crust:.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees f. Lightly butter an 8 inch springform pan.
- In a mixing bowl, combine crumbs with sugar, then with butter and press mixture int bottom of pan, packing it down with the base of a flat glass.
- Bake until golden about seven to ten minutes.
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For the Cheese filling:
- Keep the oven at 400 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl combine cream cheese and sugar blending until smooth. Blend in sour cream. Stir in beaten eggs, one third at a time. Stir in lemon juice, zest, and vanilla, blending well.
- Pour into baked crust and place in oven. Immediately turn heat down to 300 degrees F and bake for one hour or until cake begins to rise on the sides.
- Turn oven off. Open oven door and let cake sit in oven for another 30 minutes. Remove, set on rack.
- For cheesecake topping:.
- have the oven at 350 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl, combine all three ingredients, blending with a spoon until smooth.
- Spread over top of baked cheesecake. If cake has cracks, use topping to fill in the spaces.
- Bake until set, about 15 minutes. Cool completely before removing side of springform pan. Chill until ready to serve.
- Cheesecake can be wrapped closely in plastic and refrigerated for about four days or frozen two weeks. served chilled with fresh fruit or fruit coulis.
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Reviews
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Great tasting cheesecake, this is! The one thing I changed was in the amount of lemon zest used ~ I was quite generous with it as we do love the taste of lemon! Easy to put together & a big hit at the potluck where it was quickly devoured! Thanks for sharing the recipe! [Tagged & made in Please Review My Recipe]
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Very good! I made this low fat by using fat free cream cheese and reduced fat sour cream. This was great, I would definitely make it again the same way. I couldn't even taste the difference between full-fat cheesecake. We also had to freeze this and re-thaw to eat and it still tasted great. Made for Potluck tag :)
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This is a very good cheesecake recipe with easy to follow directions. We quartered the recipe, used 1 egg, and baked it in a mini springform pan for 35 minutes, then left it in the oven with the door open for 30. The use of the topping to fill in the cracks is a very useful tip. We chilled this for 3 hours before serving the two of us.
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I am an Israeli-Canadian who grew up in Montreal Quebec. I love to cook, especially for family and friends, and I love to experiment with recipes and try to do different variations of the same recipe. I did do part of cooking school, but found the place stressful and all the good recipes high in fat and calories, even the good ones. I don't have a fave cookbook, but I eat kosher. I have a dream and that is to own my own B&B one of these days. I also love creative writing, and maybe I like to try make up a recipe of my own and see if I'm good at doing that.
I have to add that I do have some favourite chefs from the Food Network. They are Giada De Laurentis from Everyday Italian; Micheal Smith from Chef at Home; Jamie Oliver and everything he does; Anna Olson from Sugar; and Chef Gordon Ramsey from Hells' Kitchen and Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares.
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