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Recipe Ingredients:
Bottom Crust:
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1 1/4 cups vanilla wafer or graham cracker
crumbs
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1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
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1 tbsp. brown sugar
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1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
In a medium bowl, mix ingredients together
with a fork until evenly moistened. Press
them into the bottom of a greased 9-inch
spring form pan.
Cheesecake Filling:
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1 lb. pot cheese
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8 oz. cream cheese, softened
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1 cup sugar
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1/4 cup all-purpose flour
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1/2 cup plain yogurt or sour cream
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4 eggs, plus 1 yolk
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2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
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1 tbsp. finely minced
etrog or lemon zest
Preheat oven to 425.
In a large mixing bowl, cream the cheeses
until smooth. Then add sugar and flour.
Blend in the yogurt. Add the eggs, yolk,
lemon juice and zest, combining until smooth
and thoroughly incorporated.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and
bake for 15 minutes.
Reduce heat to 225 and bake for another 40
minutes.
The cake will be set in the middle and
slightly golden in color. Cool well.
Cover the top of the cake with plastic wrap
and chill it overnight.
Yield: 10 servings
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