Praline-Crusted Cheesecake

Name: Praline-Crusted Cheesecake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps butter or margarine, melted; 1 kilograms packages cream cheese, softened; 2 egg yolks; 4 larges eggs; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind; 473 milliliters crushed shortbread cookies (about 28 cookies); 454 grams sour cream; 79 milliliters sugar; 414 milliliters sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 79 milliliters whipping cream; 12 servings Garnish: crumbled Pralines; 4 Pralines, coarsely crumbled

This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 622 calories, 9g of protein, and 48g of fat. If you have eggs, sugar, egg yolks, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Combine cookie crumbs and butter. Press into bottom and up sides of a greased 10-inch springform pan.

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Cookie Crumbs

Butter

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Springform Pan

Bake at 350 for 8 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Sprinkle coarsely crumbled Pralines over crust.

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Crust

Beat cream cheese at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add 1 3/4 cups sugar, flour, and vanilla, beating until smooth.

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Cream Cheese

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Add eggs and egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears. Stir in whipping cream and lemon rind.

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Whipping Cream

Lemon Peel

Egg Yolk

Egg

Pour in crust.

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Crust

Place on a foil-lined baking sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Aluminum Foil

Bake at 350 on lower oven rack 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325, and bake 1 hour and 20 minutes or until almost set. Cool on wire rack 1 hour.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Stir together sour cream and 1/3 cup sugar; spread over cheesecake.

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Sour Cream