Recipe included with Silicone Springform Pan Protector (Cheryl)
INGREDIENTS
Crust
- 1 1/2 cups Honey Maid graham cracker crumbs (9 crackers)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 TBSP (1/2 stick) Meyenberg goal milk butter
Batter
- 16 oz Philadelphia cream cheese (2 8 oz pckgs)
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 TBSP pure vanilla extract
- 24 oz Daisy sour cream
- 4 eggs, room temperature
DIRECTIONS
- Remove eggs from fridge and preheat oven to 300 while preparing crust.
Crust
- Microwave butter for 45 seconds
- Mix graham crumbs and sugar in bowl
- Add butter to bowl and mix well
- Spray collar of spring form pan with vegetable spray
- Place parchment paper in bottom of pan only
- Press crumb mixture onto base of pan only, pack tightly with bottom of glass
- Bake at 300 for 13 minutes
- Prepare Batter (see directions below)
- Remove crust from oven when done
- Place pan with prepared crust into Easy Bath Cheesecake Wrap
Batter
- Soften cream cheese in microwave on defrost/low for ~4 minutes until soft
- Add sugar and flour and mix until very creamy
- Add vanilla and continue to mix, scraping down sides often
- Add the sour cream and beat until incorporated into the mix, scraping down sides very often, but do not overbeat
- Add the eggs, 2 at a time – but only barely beat in the eggs, just until mixed. DO NOT OVERBEAT OR RISK CRACKING!
- Pour prepared batter into prepared crust that has been placed in Easy Bath Cheesecake Wrap
- Place pan with Wrap into water bath and fill water bath pan with tap water to pre-marked fill line (consider adding water first to avoid getting water in the batter!)
Baking
- Place Water Bath Pan in over on middle rack
- Bake at 300 for one hour
- Turn oven off but leave cheesecake in oven as is for additional hour, with oven door ajar 6 – 12 inches
- Remove from oven, remove from water bath pan and Wrap
- Leave springform pan with cheesecake on counter for another hour until no heat remains in the springform pan
- Place cheesecake in pan in refrigerator overnight or at least 6 hours
- Loosen collar and remove gently (no need to use a knife)
- Place on serving dish and serve as is or add fruit or topping of your choice.
- Freezes well!