Northwest Cheesecake Supreme Recipes

Steps:

• First, make crust.
• Preheat oven to 325F degrees.
• Combine crumbs, sugar and melted margarine in a bowl; press into the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
• Bake for 10 minutes; remove from oven and turn oven temperature up to 450F.
• Now, make filling.
• Combine softened cream cheese, sugar and flour with an electric mixer at medium speed until well mixed.
• Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• At slow speed, blend in sour cream and vanilla; pour into crust.
• Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 250F and bake for one hour more.
• Remove from oven and loosen cake from rim of pan but do not remove rim of pan until completely cool.
• Chill; top servings with pie filling if desired.

Steps:

• To prepare crust, combine flour, sugar, and lemon peel. Cut in butter until crumbly, and then add egg and vanilla. Pat just enough into the bottom of a 9" springform pan (with sides removed) to cover. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 7 minutes or until golden; cool.
• Butter the sides of the pan and attach to bottom. Pat remaining dough onto the sides of the pan to a height of 1 3/4" and set aside. Note: you may have extra dough left, and if so discard. I doubled the crust recipe because I found the original did not make enough.
• For the filling, in a large mixer bowl beat the cream cheese, lemon peel, and vanilla until fluffy. Stir together the sugar, flour and salt and then gradually stir into the cream cheese mixture. Add eggs and egg yolk all at once, beating at low speed until just combined. Stir in mulk, and pour into crust-lined pan.
• Bake in a 450 degree oven for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 300 and bake for 50-55 minutes more or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes, then loosen sides of cheesecake from pan with a spatula. Cool another 30 minutes and then remove sides of pan. Cool about 2 hours longer, then chill thoroughly before topping with pie filling.