Key Lime Pie Cheesecake Recipes

Steps:

• Whisk together cracker crumbs, sugar, and salt. Stir in butter until mixture resembles wet sand and holds together when squeezed. Press evenly into the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan. Freeze until firm, 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat cream cheese and condensed milk on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add lime juice, zest, and vanilla. Beat 1 minute more.
• In a separate bowl, whip cream to stiff peaks. Gently fold into cream-cheese mixture. Pour over chilled crust; smooth top with an offset spatula. Cover with plastic and refrigerate at least 12 hours and up to 3 days.
• Run a knife along cake's edge before releasing sides of pan, then under bottom to loosen. Serve, garnished with lime rounds.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add the milk, lime juice and vanilla; beat until smooth. Pour into the crust. Refrigerate for 2 hours. Spread with whipped topping; refrigerate 1 hour longer. Garnish with lime and mint if desired.

Steps:

• Crust:.
• Mix all ingredients and press into bottom of a 9" spring form pan.
• Double wrap pan with heavy duty aluminum foil.
• Filling:.
• Have all ingredients at room temperature.
• Using an electric mixer, on low speed, beat the cream cheese just until softened.
• Add sugar and beat on low just until mixed.
• Add the flour, salt, vanilla, zest and beat on low just until mixed.
• Add the sweetened condensed milk and sour cream beating just until mixed.
• With mixer running on low speed, add the lime juice in a slow stream, beating just until mixed.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing each in before adding the next egg. Beat last egg in just until mixed.
• Pour the filling into the prepared crust.
• Place the foil-wrapped pan into a large roasting pan.
• Place pans in oven and fill roasting pan with hot water until water is half way up the cheesecake pan.
• Bake for 1 hour, or until filling is set, but center is still a bit jiggly.
• Remove roasting pan from oven carefully.
• Remove cheesecake pan from roaster water bath and place on wire rack. Run a sharp small knife around the sides of the pan to loosen and keep the cheesecake from cracking as it cools.
• Cool at room temperature.
• When cool, remove foil wrapping, wrap in plastic and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.

Steps:

• For the crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place a 9-by-13-inch baking pan of hot water on the bottom oven rack.
• Line a second 9-by-13-inch baking pan with foil, leaving an overhang around the edges, and coat with cooking spray. Pulse the graham crackers in a food processor until fine crumbs form. Pour in the butter and pulse until the crumbs are well coated and stick together when pinched. Press evenly into the bottom of the foil-lined pan.
• For the filling: Add the cream cheese, granulated sugar, sour cream, lime juice, vanilla and eggs to the food processor (no need to clean it first). Process until smooth, using a spatula to scrape the sides as needed.
• Pour the filling over the crust and smooth the surface. Bake on the center rack until the center is just set but slightly jiggly, about 45 minutes. Turn off the oven and leave the pan in the oven with the door closed for 10 minutes. Open the door halfway and leave the pan in the oven until the cheesecake is firmly set around the edges and very slightly jiggly in the center, about 10 more minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes, then refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour and up to 24 hours.
• When ready to serve, lift the cheesecake out of the pan using the foil overhang. Cut into 12 large pieces (or 24 small pieces if preferred) and place on a serving platter. Generously dust with powdered sugar and grate over lime zest.