Westphalian Cheesecake
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Ready In: 3 hrs
Serves: 10
Ingredients
CRUST
- shortbread (prepared from another recipe)
CHEESECAKE
- 1 1⁄2 cups cottage cheese, Small Curd
- 1⁄4 cup sugar, Granulated
- 4 large eggs, Separated
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 8 ounces cream cheese, 1 Pk.
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 6 tablespoons butter
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
- Press the cottage cheese through a sieve.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter with the sugar, do not beat, then add the egg yolks and vanilla.
- Blend until the mixture is light and fluffy.
- Add the cream cheese, cottage cheese and cornstarch and blend well.
- In another mixing bowl, beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks; then fold them into the cheese batter.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared crust and bake for about 1 hour or until the top is a golden brown.
- Leave the cake in the oven to cool for 2 hours then chill.
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