Recipe: Perfect Plain Cheesecake

Plain Cheesecake. This is just a basic Perfectly Plain Cheesecake recipe, but it can be used as the base for many other varieties. Change the crust, add some chocolate, or just get creative! Most plain cheesecakes are baked but there are no bake recipes also.

Lemon Cheesecake, Cheesecake Cupcakes, Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars. Cheesecake With Condensed Milk No Bake Recipes. To remove cake from pan, take a knife and run it around the edges. You can cook Plain Cheesecake using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Plain Cheesecake

1. It's of Crust:.
2. It's 1.5-2 cups of Graham Cracker Crumb.
3. It's 1/4 th tsp of ground cinnamon.
4. Prepare 1/3 cup of unsalted butter melted at room temperature.
5. Prepare of Filling :.
6. You need 4 of (8 oz)packages original cream cheese softened but not whipped.
7. Prepare 1 1/4 tsp of sugar.
8. Prepare 1/2 cup of sour cream.
9. You need 1 tbsp of lemon juice.
10. Prepare 2 tsp of vanilla extract.
11. It's 4 of large eggs.

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Plain Cheesecake instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Place a large pan filled with 1/2 inch water in oven.Mix Graham Cracker (alternative Digestive biscuits) crumbs and cinnamon.Add butter.Press crust onto bottom and 2/3rd of the way up a well greased 9 inch Springform pan(alternative glass baking dish) lined with parchment..
2. Wrap a large piece of foil around bottom of pan.Freeze until filling is prepared..
3. Filling: Use a hand blender or better still an electric mixer to mix cream cheese,sugar,sour cream and vanilla.Blend until smooth and creamy.Scrape down sides of bowl.Whisk eggs in a bowl.Add to cream cheese mixture..
4. Blend just until eggs are incorporated.Overbeating may ruin the cheesecake and cracks may form while baking. Remove crust from freezer and pour in filling.Carefully place cheesecake into preheated water bath..
5. Bake for 12 minutes.Turn oven to 325°F and bake until top of cheesecake turns golden,50 to 60 minutes.Remove cake to a wire rack to cool..
6. ☆Important to remember to use everything at room temperature to prevent lumps and ensure a smooth creamy cheesecake. Also while baking, put a separate pan of water in the oven.This is the secret to getting moist and soft cheesecake.If you don't do this (it is also called water bath) then your cheesecake may come out dry.Chill overnight.With a sharp knife free the edges.Cut wedges out of cheesecake and serve chilled garnished with strawberries or raspberries..

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