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Baked Vanilla Cheesecake

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

PASTRY---- 1 2/3 cups All-purpose flour
1/2 cup Butter -- cut in small pieces
2 tablespoons Sugar
4 tablespoons Ice water
1 each Pinch of salt
1 tablespoon Butter -- (add to above)
1 each Egg
-----FILLING-----
1 1/2 pounds Cream cheese
1 1/4 cups Sugar
1/4 cup Cornstarch
1/2 cup Milk
1/4 cup Oil
3 each Eggs -- separated
5 each Drops vanilla extract




Recipe

Sift flour and salt into a large bowl. Using a pastry blenderor 2 knives,cut in butter until evenly distributed and mixtureresembles breadcrumbs. With a fork, lightly mix in sugar, eggand enough ice water to make a dough. Press into a ball and wrapin foil or plastic wrap.
Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350f. On a floured surface, roll out dough tofit a 10-in flan tin with a removable bottom. Place dough in tin without stretching.
** FILLING **
Beat cream cheese, oil, sugar, egg yolks, cornstarch, vanillaand milk in alarge bowl until smooth. Beat egg whites until stiff;fold into cream cheese mixture. Pour into pastry shell.
Bake50 to 60 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comesout clean. Turn off oven. Let cheesecake cool in oven with dooropen slightly. Remove cooled cheesecake from tin and serve.