Best Ever Cheesecake Womans Day Dessert Lovers Cookbook 1981 Recipes

BEST EVER CHEESECAKE-WOMAN'S DAY DESSERT LOVER'S COOKBOOK 1981

Steps:

• In bowl combine flour, sugar and lemon zest. Make a well in center; add egg yolk, vanilla and butter. Blend with finger tips or fork until mixture resembles a crumbly rich cookie dough.
• Divide dough into 2 parts, one part slightly larger than the other. Grease a 9-inch spring-form pan; remove rim. Shape the smaller part of the dough into a ball; place in the botton of pan, Top with waxed paper; roll to edge, reserving any excess dough. remove paper.
• Bake in preheated 400F oven 6-8 minutes; cool.
• Divide remaining half of dough into 4 parts; roll each part between 2 pieces of waxed paper into 3x8 inch strips. Reassemble springorm pan. Remove top sheet of waxed paper from each pastry strip. Place one strip of pastry at a time along inside rim of pan, press against rim, remove paper. Repeat with remaining pastry strips, overlapping ends each time and pressing to seal.
• Cheesecake Filling:.
• In large bowl of mixer beat cream cheese, sugar, flour and lemon zest until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time., until thouroughly combined. Stir in milk and vanilla.
• Spoon Cream Cheese Filling into pan. Bake in a preheated 450F oven 10 minutes. Reduce oven to 250F and bake 1 hour and 20 minutes longer.
• Cool on wire rack until completely cooled.
• Pineapple Topping:.
• In small saucepan combine pineappple and cornstarch. Cook and stir until mixture bols and thickens. Stir in vanilla, cool.
• Spread Pineapple Topping over cheesecake. Cover lightly and refrigerate until cold. Loosen crust from pan with knife or spatula. Remove rim. Garnish with sliced strawberries, if desired. Makes about 16 servings.

BEST EVER CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, butter and sugar. Pat into the bottom and 1 in. up the sides of an 8-in. springform pan. Chill. , For filling, beat cream cheese and eggs in a bowl on medium speed for 1 minute. Add 1/3 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla and salt. Continue beating until well blended, about 1 minute. Pour into crust. , Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake for 35 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes. For topping, combine the sour cream and remaining sugar and vanilla in a small bowl; spread over cheesecake. Bake 10 minutes longer. Cool completely on a wire rack. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. If desired, serve with whipped cream.

BEST-EVER CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• For the crust: In bowl combine flour, sugar and lemon zest. Make a well in center; add egg yolk, vanilla, and butter. Blend with fingertips or fork until mixture resembles a crumbly rich cookie dough. Divide dough into two parts, one part slightly larger than the other. Grease a 9-inch springform pan; remove rim. Shape the smaller part of the dough into a ball; place in bottom of pan. Top with waxed paper; roll to edge, reserving any excess dough. Remove paper. Bake in preheated 400F oven 6 to 8 minutes; cool. Divide remaining dough into four equal parts; roll each part between two pieces of waxed paper into 3x8 inch strips. Reassemble springform pan. Remove top sheet of waxed paper from each pastry strip. Place one strip of pastry at a time along inside rim of pan; press against rim; remove paper. Repeat with remaining pastry strips, overlapping ends each time and pressing to seal.
• For the Cream Cheese Filling: In large bowl of mixer beat cream cheese, sugar, flour and lemon zest until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until thouroughly combined. Stir in milk and vanilla. Spoon cream cheese filling into prepared pan. Bake in preheated 450F oven 10 minutes. Reduce oven to 250F and bake 1 hour and 20 minutes longer. Cool on wire rack until cold.
• For the Pineapple Topping: In small saucepan combine pineapple and cornstarch. Cook and stir until mixture boils and thickens. Stir in vanilla; cool. Spread topping over cooled cheesecake. Cover lightly and refrigerate until cold. Loosen crust from pan with knife or spatula. Remove rim. Garnish with sliced strawberries, if desired. Makes about 16 servings.