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New York Cheesecake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2/3 c. all-purpose flour
2 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. chilled stick margarine, cut into small pieces
1 tbsp. ice water
Vegetable Cooking Spray
3 (8 oz.) blocks of nonfat cream cheese, softened 2 (8 oz.) blocks Neufchatel cheese, softened
1 3/4 c. sugar
3 tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 tbsp. vanilla
1 1/2 tsp. grated orange rind
1 tsp. salt
5 eggs
Lemon zest (optional)
Orange slices (optional)
Lemon slices (optional)

Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400º. Place 2/3 c. flour and 2 tbsp. sugar in food processor, and pulse 2 times or until combined. Add chilled margarine; pulse 6 times or until mixture resembles coarse meal. With processor on, slowly pour ice water through food chute, processing just until blended (do not allow dough to form a ball). Firmly press mixture into bottom of a 9-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray. Bake crust at 400º for 10 min.; let cool on a wire rack.

Preheat oven to 525º or to highest oven setting. Combine cheeses in a large bowl; beat at high speed of a mixer until smooth. Add 1 3/4 c. sugar and next 5 ingredients (sugar through salt); beat well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.

Pour cheese mixture into prepared pan; bake at 525º for 7 min. Reduce oven temp. to 200º, and bake 45 min. or until almost set. Remove cheesecake from oven, all let cool to room temp. Cover and chill at least 8 hours. Garnish with lemon zest, orange slices, and lemon slices, if desired.

Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
16

 

 

 

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