Sf Baked Cheesecake Recipes

Steps:

• 1. 1. Position the oven rack in the lower third of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9 inch round baking pan with a baking parchment or wax paper round and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
• 2. 2. In a food processor, puree the cottage cheese and ricotta cheese until velvety smooth, at least 3 minute.
• 3. 3. add the neufchatel cheese, eggs, stevia, vanilla, lemon juice and salt. pulse just until completely smooth. (about 30 seconds) Pour into the prepped pan.
• 4. 4. Place a large roasting pan in preheated oven. add the filled cheesecake pan into the roasting pan. carefully pour 1/1 inch BOILING water into the roasting pan. (Must be boiling water otherwise BAD things could happen!) Bake until the cheesecake is just starting to pull away from the sides of the pan. (40-50 min) cool completely on rack then cover with plastic and refrigerate at least 24 hours and up to 2 days.
• 5. 5. To unmold the cake, cover the pan with tightly stretched plastic wrap; then place a plate on top. Invert the pan and tap gently to release the cake. Remove parchment. Place a cake plate on the cake and invert so that the cake is right side up. Press the graham cracker crumbs around the sides of cake.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix graham crumbs, butter and 1/4 cup sugar; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
• Beat cream cheese and remaining sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add sour cream and vanilla; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed after each addition just until blended. Pour over crust.
• Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate cheesecake 4 hours.
• Top with pie filling before serving.

Steps:

• Combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter; press mixture into the bottom of a 10" springform pan; set aside.
• Blend cream cheese and sugar together (in a food processor or with a medium-speed electric mixer) until smooth; add eggs one at a time, blending well after each addition; add sour cream, lemon juice, and vanilla; blend well; pour filling over the crust and spread evenly.
• Lay a sheet of aluminum foil that has been bent up slightly to form a "foil tent" over the top of pan and not touching cheesecake (this is to prevent overbrowning) then bake at 350° for 1 hour and 15 minutes (remove foil tent after 50-55 minutes) or until top is set.
• Combine sour cream and sugar; remove cheesecake from oven and immediately spread sour cream mixture over its top; return cheesecake to oven for 5 minutes to set topping; remove from oven.
• Cool cheesecake on wire rack; cover and refrigerate to chill thoroughly.
• Just before serving remove sides of springform pan and transfer cheesecake to serving platter; garnish cheesecake with berries (we like chilled cherry pie filling on top) and serve.
• OPTIONAL: Just before pressing the graham crust into the bottom of the springform pan, spray the pan's inner sides with a little no-stick cooking spray, sprinkle a spoonful of combined graham cracker crumbs and sugar into the pan, then tilt and spread that mixture around so that it sticks to the coated sides and later adds to the visual appeal of your finished cheesecake.