The Worlds Best Cheesecake Recipes

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:

• Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees F.
• For the crust: Put the butter in a medium microwave-safe bowl, cover with a paper towel and melt in the microwave in 10-second increments. Brush a 9-inch springform pan with some of the melted butter.
• Stir together the remaining butter with the graham cracker crumbs, sugar and salt. Press the crumb mixture into the bottom of the pan, taking care to get the crust evenly to the edges. Bake until golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes. Let cool. Place the pan on a large sheet of foil and wrap up the sides. Place in a roasting pan.
• For the cheesecake: Beat together the cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed for 1 minute. Add the sour cream and vanilla and beat until just combined. Mix in the eggs by hand, one at a time, until just combined. (Take care not to overmix or the cheesecake will puff up and crack.) Pour the batter evenly over the crust, smoothing the top. Pour enough hot water into the roasting pan to come about halfway up the sides of the foil-wrapped springform pan. Bake until the outside of the cake is set but the center is still slightly loose, about 1 hour and 20 minutes.
• Turn the oven off and leave the cheesecake in the oven for another hour. Remove the cheesecake from the roasting pan to a cooling rack. Run a knife around the edge and cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours.
• Run a knife around the edge of the pan once more and unlock to unmold the cheesecake. Transfer to a serving platter or cake stand and smooth the edges with a knife.

Steps:

• Mix 1st 5 ingredients together well and keep aside.
• Crush graham crackers (can put in ziplock and pound bag until crushed).
• mix in butter and icing sugar.
• pour into pie plate.
• cook crust for 5-10 minutes at 300°F.
• let cool.
• Pour cheese mixture over crust and bake in 300F oven for 40 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, butter and sugar. Pat into the bottom and 1 in. up the sides of an 8-in. springform pan. Chill. , For filling, beat cream cheese and eggs in a bowl on medium speed for 1 minute. Add 1/3 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla and salt. Continue beating until well blended, about 1 minute. Pour into crust. , Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake for 35 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes. For topping, combine the sour cream and remaining sugar and vanilla in a small bowl; spread over cheesecake. Bake 10 minutes longer. Cool completely on a wire rack. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. If desired, serve with whipped cream.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Dry mix graham cracker crumbs and cinnamon and mix in melted butter, until uniform and all crumbs are wetted out.
• Press into the bottom of a spring form pan and up the sides an inch or so. Set aside.
• Mix cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer until soft and workable.
• Add eggs, 1/2 C sugar and vanilla and mix with electric mixer until smooth.
• Add whipping cream slowly with mixing to avoid lumping.
• Pour batter into prepared crust, and bake for 45 minutes.
• Mix sour cream and 1/4 C sugar and spread this evenly over the baked cheese cake.
• Bake for 15 more minutes.
• Cake is done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Top with fruit pie filling if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Melt ½ cup butter.
• Combine graham cracker crumbs and ½ cup melted butter; mix well.
• Press graham cracker mixture onto bottom and about 2-1/2 inches up the sides of a 9x3-inch spring form pan.
• Sift flour and cornstarch together; set aside.
• Melt ½ cup butter; cool.
• In mixer, combine ricotta and cream cheese; beat until smooth.
• Add sugar ½ cup at a time scraping bowl if necessary to get it all mixed in well; beat for 30 seconds to thicken up after last of sugar is added.
• Blend in vanilla, lemon juice, cornstarch, and flour; mix well.
• Add sour cream and melted butter; mix well.
• Add each egg one at a time, beating each one in well before the other is added.
• Beat for 30 seconds scraping bowl well to make sure that all batter is blended properly.
• Wrap the outside of the spring form pan in TWO layers of aluminum foil.
• Pour batter in to spring form pan.
• Place spring form pan into larger roasting type pan and fill roasting pan with water until it comes HALFWAY up the spring form pan's sides.
• Bake for 1 hour, turn oven off and leave it in the oven untouched another 45 minutes.
• Your cheesecake is PERFECT when it is very lightly browned and has a 2-3 inch wobbly spot in the middle after baking.
• Remove from oven, remove foil, cool completely, then refrigerate over night.
• To serve: carefully remove sides of spring form pan, slice and serve cold with topping of your choice.