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Key Lime Cheesecake Squares
photo by annathechef
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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36 one and a half inch squares
ingredients
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CRUST
- 1⁄2 cup crushed graham wafers or 1/2 cup crushed graham wafer crumbs
- 1⁄2 cup crushed vanilla wafers or 1/2 cup crushed vanilla wafer crumbs
- 1⁄4 cup ground blanched almond
- 1⁄4 cup butter
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FILLING
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons grated lime zest
- 1⁄2 cup key lime juice, freshly squeezed
- 1 tablespoon tapioca starch or 1 tablespoon cornstarch
directions
- CRUST---------.
- Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
- In a mixing bowl, combine graham wafer crumbs, vanilla wafer crumbs and ground almonds.
- Cut in butter using a pastry blender or a fork until mixture is crumbly.
- Prepare a 9 inch x 9 inch oven-proof casserole dish by spraying inside with a vegetable spray.
- Press wafer mixture firmly in bottom of casserole dish.
- Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 15 minutes.
- FILLING----------.
- In a mixing bowl using an electric mixer, beat softened cream cheese, sugar and egg until smooth.
- Add lime juice, grated lime zest and tapioca starch and beat until smooth and creamy.
- Spread mixture evenly over baked crust.
- Return to oven and bake at 350 F for 25 to 30 minutes or until set.
- Cool on wire rack.
- Chill in refrigerator for at least 1 hour before cutting into squares to serve.
- If desired, decorate top of cheesecake with pieces of lime or halved small fresh strawberries or quartered maraschino cherries (red and green).
- You can also use regular lime juice or use bottled key lime juice.
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Reviews
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Very good! Although I used regular limes, it was slightly too tart for me, (key limes definitely would have been too tart for me), so next time I'll add an extra tablespoon or so of sugar. I didn't make the crust as written, since I didn't have vanilla wafers on hand, but made a simple graham cracker crust instead. Next time I will try the original crust; it sounds really good!
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With the exception of calling for a little too much lime, this is pretty much the perfect cheesecake recipe. Very, very creamy (especially if you use a water bath.) I think it's the tapioca/corn starch that does it. I'll definitely be making this again! (Hint: double the filling amount and adjust the cooking time to make a full cheesecake instead of bars.)
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Very good! Although I used regular limes, it was slightly too tart for me, (key limes definitely would have been too tart for me), so next time I'll add an extra tablespoon or so of sugar. I didn't make the crust as written, since I didn't have vanilla wafers on hand, but made a simple graham cracker crust instead. Next time I will try the original crust; it sounds really good!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
William Uncle Bill
Burnaby,, B.C.
I live in Burnaby, British Columbia. I am retired and have written a cookbook entitled, From Uncle Bill's Kitchen. I am a recipe developer, author, publisher, distributor and a chef. My cookbook is very unique as I have a Nutrient Analysis for each ingredient used in each recipe that shows you the values for Calories, Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. A high-lighted bar shows the values on a per serving basis plus the Fat/Cal%.
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I have appeared on 48 various Television Shows in Vancouver, Burnaby, Kelowna and Kamploops, B.C. Canada, as well as in Palm Springs, CA. In Palm Springs, CA, I have been a Guest on the JACKIE OLDEN RADIO SHOW and THE JOEY ENGLISH RADIO SHOW, twice a year since 1998. I also do demo cooking shows at CHAPTERS BOOK STORES, SAVE-ON-FOOD STORES, GALLOWAY'S FOODS, WESTMINSTER PUBLIC QUAY MARKET, and in the U.S. at BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSTORES in Palm Springs, CA, Phoenix and Yuma, AZ.
I was in Palm Springs, CA from June 10th to July 14th. 2002 and again appeared twice on the Jackie Olden Show, twice on the Joey English Show and pre-taped a TV COOKING SHOW with Jackie Olden that is aired on TV from Palm Springs, CA to Los Angeles, CA.