Mrs Markowitzs Cheesecake Recipes

Steps:

• For the crust: Line a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with parchment paper, allowing for a 2-inch overhang on the sides.
• Place the cookies in a resealable plastic bag. Seal and use a rolling pin or meat mallet to crush the cookies into fine crumbs. Pour into a bowl and add the granulated sugar, lemon zest and salt. Pour the melted butter into the bowl and mix thoroughly with a rubber spatula. Firmly press the crumb mixture into the baking dish in an even layer. Place in the freezer while you make the filling.
• For the filling: Beat the heavy cream in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
• Beat the cream cheese, vanilla and lemon zest and juice in a bowl until fluffy and light, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the confectioners' sugar and sour cream. Beat until just combined, making sure there are no lumps. Fold in the whipped cream. Remove the crust from the freezer. Pour the mixture over the crust and spread in an even layer. Place in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours and up to overnight.
• Use the parchment overhang to lift the bars out of the baking dish. When ready to serve, arrange the strawberries on top and sprinkle some lemon zest over the top. Slice into squares and serve chilled.

Steps:

• Dough:Sift together flour, confectioners' sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Sift again. Transfer to the bowl of a food processor. Add butter; pulse until largest pieces are the size of peas. Add egg yolks and sour cream; pulse until dough just begins to come together. If dough is too dry, add ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, and pulse. Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and knead until dough comes together. Form into a disk and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate until firm but pliable, at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees with rack in center. Lightly butter a 10-inch round springform pan. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough into a 15-inch circle, about 1/8 inch thick. Fit dough into bottom and up side of pan. With a paring knife, trim dough to about 1/2 inch below the rim. Crimp edges with the tines of a fork. Freeze until firm, 10 minutes.
• Line dough with parchment. Fill with dried beans or pie weights; bake until crust is firm and dry, 18 to 20 minutes. Remove parchment and beans; let cool completely. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.
• Filling:In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together eggs and egg white on medium speed until thick and pale, about 2 minutes. Gradually beat in granulated sugar to combine. Add farmer cheese, sour cream, lemon and orange zests, raisins, and vanilla; mix until fully combined. Transfer to cooled crust.
• Bake until set at edges but still slightly wobbly in center, 50 to 55 minutes (if cake is browning too quickly, tent edges of crust with foil). Transfer to wire rack; let cool completely. Refrigerate until cold, at least 8 hours; serve.

Steps:

• preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Mix cream cheese, 1 cup sugar and eggs until well blended.
• Add lemon juice and vanilla.
• Blend in melted butter and mix until smooth.
• Sift together 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch and flour.
• Add to cream mixture.
• Blend in sour cream.
• Pour mixture into spring form pan and bake for 1 hour
• Turn off heat and let cake cool with door closed (no peeking) for 2 hours.
• **keep your blender on a low speed this cake doesn't turn out well if you aerate it. Don't rush it.
• **this is a pretty large cake and it rises a lot before it settles so i suggest using a large pan.
• **this cake makes its own crust and it leaves a it leaves a ridge around the top that is perfect for holding your toppings on.
• ** the cook time includes the 2 hour cooling period.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and butter a 10-inch springform pan.
• Make crust:
• Stir together crust ingredients. Reserve 1/4 cup for topping and press remainder onto bottom and 1 1/2 inches up side of springform pan.
• Make filling:
• Beat cream cheese with a wooden spoon in a large bowl until smooth and creamy and add yolks 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in sugar, cream, flour, and vanilla. Beat whites with an eggbeater in another large bowl until they just hold stiff peaks and fold into cream-cheese mixture gently but thoroughly. Spoon filling into crust, smoothing top, and sprinkle evenly with reserved crumb mixture. Put springform pan in a shallow baking pan and bake cake on lowest rack of oven 1 hour. Turn oven off and open oven door 5 to 6 inches. Cool in oven 1 hour. Chill, covered, at least 3 hours. Remove side of pan and let cheesecake stand at room temperature 30 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a medium bowl, mix graham cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar and margarine until well blended . Press mixture into a 9 inch springform pan.
• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with sugar until smooth. In a separate bowl, combine cream, flour, eggs, lemon juice and vanilla. Beat together, and then pour into cream cheese mixture. Mix well. Pour filling into prepared graham cracker crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 65 minutes. Turn off oven, and cool cake in oven for 30 minutes. Prop door open and cool in oven for an additional 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely. Refrigerate for as long as possible before serving.

Steps:

• Boil and drain noodles.
• In a large bowl, mix all ingredients except the topping.
• Pour into greased rectangular pan.
• Mix topping and spread in an even layer over kugel.
• Bake at 350 for 1 hour.