My Favorite Vanilla Cheesecake Recipe With Sourcream Topping

Steps:

• 1.Crust: Stir together graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, and 1/4 cup sugar in a medium bowl.
• 2.Press into the bottom of a 9-inch spring-form pan.
• 3.Refrigerate the crust while making the filling.
• 4.Filling: Combine the cream cheese, 2/3 cup sugar, salt, beaten eggs, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla in a medium bowl. Beat at medium speed for 5 minutes.
• 5.Pour the filling into the spring-form pan over the graham cracker crumb crust.
• 6.Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes.
• 7.Cool 30 minutes before adding the sour cream topping.
• 8.Topping: Mix the sour cream, 3 tablespoons sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla together in a small bowl. Pour and spread on top of the slightly cooled cheesecake.
• 9.Bake for 10 more minutes at 350°F. Cool to room temperature and then place in refrigerator to chill before serving.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Mix graham crumbs, 3 Tbsp. sugar and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake 10 min.
• Beat cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar, lemon zest, juice and 1/2 tsp. vanilla with mixer until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.
• Bake 55 min. to 1 hour or until center is almost set. Mix sour cream, remaining sugar and vanilla until well blended; carefully spread over cheesecake. Bake 10 min. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours.

Steps:

• Combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar, ground almonds, and salt in a bowl. Drizzle melted butter and stir until evenly moistened. Press into the bottom and up the sides (as far as it'll go) of a lightly buttered 10-inch springform pan. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour to set.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, combine cream cheese, 1 cup of sugar, and salt and beat until smooth. Add flour and egg yolks and mix thoroughly. Stir in sour cream, lemon juice, vanilla and nutmeg and beat until smooth.
• In a separate bowl, beat egg whites with remaining 1/4 cup sugar until it forms stiff peaks. Fold thoroughly into cream cheese mixture; no need to be terribly gentle with it, but you do want the whites to be evenly incorporated. Pour into chilled crust.
• Bake cheesecake for 1 hour 15 minutes or until top is puffed and lightly golden brown. There will be cracks, but that's what the sour cream topping is for. Without opening the oven door, turn the oven off, and let the cheesecake sit in the oven as it cools for 1 hour. Do not take the cheesecake immediately out of the hot oven or it will fall. After an hour, remove cheesecake and heat oven to 450 degrees.
• While the cheesecake is cooling, make the sour cream topping by whisking the sour cream, sugar and vanilla together until smooth. Once the cheesecake has cooled for an hour, pour the sour cream topping over top. Using a rubber spatula or offset spatula, smooth out the surface.
• Place back into the oven (remember the heat should have been increased to 450° F) and bake for about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack to let cool to room temperature.
• Refrigerate the cheesecake overnight to set. ***Don't put cheesecake in the fridge until it has cooled to room temperature.***.

Steps:

• Crust-in a bowl, combine the cookie crumbs and butter.
• Press into the bottom of a greased 9-inch springform pan and freeze.
• Filling-in a large mixer bowl, beat cream cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream, and sugar on med-high speed for 3 minutes.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Mix in vanilla paste and lemon zest.
• Pour batter over frozen crust.
• Bake in a preheated 325° oven for 45-55 minutes or until the top is light brown and the center has a slight jiggle to it.
• Cool on a rack for 2 hours.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 6 hours before decorating and serving.
• Topping-in a well-chilled bowl, whip cream on med-high speed until soft peaks form.
• With the mixer still running, sprinkle sugar and bean paste into cream and continue whipping until firm peaks form.
• Ice top of cake with the whipped cream.

Steps:

• Mix graham crumbs, 3 Tbsp. sugar and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake 10 min.
• Beat cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar, lemon zest, juice and 1/2 tsp. vanilla with mixer until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.
• Bake 55 min. to 1 hour or until center is almost set. Mix sour cream, remaining sugar and vanilla until well blended; carefully spread over cheesecake. Bake 10 min. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours.

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix crumbs, butter, sugar and salt. Press to the bottom of a 9 1/2 inch spring form pan.
• In a bowl with an electric mixer beat cream cheese until fluffy and add eggs a little at a time. Beat in sugar and vanilla on low speed until just combined. Pour filling into crust and bake at 350 F in the middle of oven for 45 minutes. Transfer cake to pan rack and let stand for 5 minutes. Leave oven on.
• In a bowl stir together sour cream, sugar, and vanilla. Drop by spoonfuls on top of cheesecake and spread evenly. Bake an additional 10 minutes. Transfer cake to cooling rack and cool completely. Chill cake overnight covered.
• Let cheesecake stand for 30 minutes before serving with your favorite topping.

Steps:

• CRUST:.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease a cake pan and line with parchment, I prefer using a springform pan.
• In food processor, mix cookies, brown sugar (if using) and butter. Press mixture into prepared pan in an even layer.
• Bake for about 12 minutes, until it starts to color.
• Let cool on a rack.
• CHEESECAKE:.
• Prepare pan with crust.
• Preheat oven to 325.
• In small bowl whisk together sugar and cornstarch.
• In stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat cream cheese on medium speed for about 1 minute. Scrap down sides and beat for another 30 seconds. Add sugar and cornstach and mix for about 1 minute. Add sour cream and mix until incorporated. Add eggs one at a time, scraping down sides after each. Add vanilla, salt and lemon zest if using. Mix 30 secondes.
• Bake using water bath method: Pour cheesecake mixture over cooled crust and set in pan that has about 1/4 inch of hot water in it. This helps cheesecake to bake evenly and have a silky texture. Bake for about an hour or until just set in the middle. Remove cake from oven, run a knife around the edges to loosen. IMPORTANT: The pan needs to be wrapped in tinfoil prior to baking to insure no water leaks in, You should also loosley tent the cake with tinfoil and VENT to prevent browning. When done paking allow to cool to room temperature. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
• SOUR CREAM TOPPING:.
• Mix sour cream, sugar and vanilla. Spread mixture over top of freshly baked cheesecake and return to oven for 10 minutes.