If you love cheesecake (and who doesn’t?), this is a recipe to try. Creamy and sweet, it’s the gold standard for all cheesecakes!
New York Cheesecake
2015-02-10 15:10:10
Yields 16
Prep Time
30 min
Total Time
14 hr 45 min
Crust
- 1 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg yolk
Filling and Topping
- 5 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 3 tablespoons Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 5 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup whipping cream
- 3/4 cup whipping cream
- 1/3 cup slivered almonds, toasted, if desired
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400°F. Lightly grease 9-inch springform pan with shortening; remove bottom. In medium bowl, mix all crust ingredients with fork until dough forms; gather into a ball. Press one-third of the dough evenly on bottom of pan. Place on cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown; cool. Assemble bottom and side of pan; secure side. Press remaining dough 2 inches up side of pan.
- Increase oven temperature to 475°F. In large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, flour, orange peel, lemon peel and salt with electric mixer on medium speed about 1 minute or until smooth. Beat in eggs, 2 egg yolks and 1/4 cup whipping cream, beating on low speed until well blended. Pour into baked crust. Bake 15 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 200°F. Bake 1 hour longer. Cheesecake may not appear to be done, but if a small area in the center seems soft, it will become firm as cheesecake cools. (Do not insert a knife to test for doneness because the hole could cause cheesecake to crack.) Turn off oven; leave cheesecake in oven 30 minutes longer. Remove from oven and cool in pan on cooling rack away from drafts 30 minutes.
- Without releasing or removing side of pan, run metal spatula carefully along side of pan to loosen cheesecake. Refrigerate uncovered about 3 hours or until chilled; cover and continue refrigerating at least 9 hours but no longer than 48 hours.
- Run metal spatula along side of pan to loosen cheesecake again. Remove side of pan; leave cheesecake on pan bottom to serve. In chilled small bowl, beat 3/4 cup whipping cream with electric mixer on high speed until stiff. Spread whipped cream over top of cheesecake. Decorate with almonds. Store covered in refrigerator.
Notes
- * A collection of fresh berries and a few mint sprigs is a classic garnish. Or dress it up even more by drizzling with chocolate or caramel topping.
NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING
- Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories 520, Total Fat 38g, Cholesterol 215mg, Sodium 310mg, Total Carbohydrate 35g, Protein 9g, Vitamin A 30%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 8%, Iron 8%
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