Lemon Orange Cheesecake
Ingredients
CRUST
- 1 3/4 Cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
- 1/2 Cup margarine or butter, melted (typed '1/3' crossed out, '1/2' handwritten)
- 1 1/4 Cups sugar, divided
FILLING
- 5 (8 OZ.) pkgs. Cream cheese, softened
- 1 3/4 Cups Sugar
- 3 Tbsp. Flour
- 1 1/2 tsp. Lemon zest
- 1 1/2 tsp. Orange zest
- Instead of the lemon and orange zest I used 1 tsp. of lemon juice
- 1/4 Tbsp. Vanilla extract
- 5 Eggs
- 2 Egg yokes
- 1/4 Cup Heavy cream
Steps
CRUST
- Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
- Press into spring form pan and up 1" on sides
- Set aside.
FILLING
- Mix (5) softened Cream cheese, 1 3/4 c. sugar and 3 tbsp. flour, lemon and orange zest (substitute 1 tsp. lemon juice) by hand until slightly blended.
- Use mixer to blend in Vanilla, 5 eggs one at a time, 2 egg yokes. Add 1/4 c. Heavy Cream
- Pour mixture into spring form pan over Graham cracker crust.
- Either place in water bath in oven and bake at 500 for 10 minutes, lower temp to 250 for an additional 1 1/2 hours.
- Or place in oven without water bath and bake at 500 for 10 minutes, lower temp to 250 for an additional 1 hour.
- Cook slowly to help prevent cracking.
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