How to Make New York-Style Cheesecake

Name: How to Make New York-Style Cheesecake
Prep time: 4 h 15 min
Cook time: 4 h 15 min
Total time: 4 h 15 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps melted butter; 907 grams packages cream cheese; 4 eggs; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour; 18 graham crackers, crushed; 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest; 158 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest; 237 milliliters sour cream; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract; 355 milliliters white sugar

How to Make New York-Style Cheesecake is a vegetarian recipe with 8 servings. One serving contains 823 calories, 13g of protein, and 55g of fat. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of cream, lemon zest, eggs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 4 hours and 15 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Lightly grease the bottom and sides of a 9-inch springform pan.

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Mix graham cracker crumbs and melted butter in a bowl until evenly moistened. Press crumb mixture into the bottom and about 1/2-inch up the sides of the springform pan.

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Graham Cracker Crumbs

Butter

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Whisk flour, sour cream, and vanilla extract in bowl. Set aside.

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Vanilla Extract

Sour Cream

All Purpose Flour

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Stir cream cheese and sugar with a wooden spoon in a large bowl until evenly incorporated, 3 to 5 minutes.

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Cream Cheese

Sugar

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Pour milk into cream cheese mixture and whisk until just combined.

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Cream Cheese

Milk

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Whisk in eggs, one at a time, stirring well after each addition.

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Egg

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Stir in lemon zest, orange zest, and sour cream mixture; whisk until just incorporated.

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Orange Zest

Lemon Zest

Sour Cream

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Pour mixture into prepared springform pan.

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Bake in the preheated oven until the edges have nicely puffed and the surface of the cheesecake is firm except for a small spot in the center that will jiggle when the pan is gently shaken, about 1 hour.

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When the cheesecake is done, turn off the oven and let it cool in the oven for 3 to 4 hours. This prevents any cracks from forming on the top of the cheesecake.

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