Estelle's New York Style Cheesecake
Source of Recipe
Estelle
List of Ingredients
Crust:
1 cup Flour, sifted
1/4 cup Sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) Butter
1 Egg yolk, slightly beaten
1/4 tsp. Vanilla
Filling:
5 8-oz. pkg. Cream cheese, softened
1 3/4 cups Sugar
3 Tbsp. Flour
1/4 tsp. Salt
1/4 tsp. Vanilla
5 Eggs
2 Egg yolks
1/4 cup Heavy cream
Recipe
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Crust:
Combine flour and sugar in a bowl. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Add egg yolk and vanilla. Blend thoroughly Pat 1/3 of mixture on bottom of a lightly greased 9” or 10” springform pan with the sides removed. Bake for about 6 minutes or until golden. Cool. Butter sides of pan and attach to the bottom. Pat remaining mixture evenly on sides to a height of about 2 inches.
Raise oven temperature to 500 degrees.
Filling:
Using an electric mixer, beat softened cream cheese until fluffy. In a separate bowl, combine sugar, flour, salt, and vanilla. Gradually blend into cheese. Add eggs and egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gently stir in heavy cream and pour into crust-lined pan. Bake in oven for 5-8 minutes or until top edge of crust is golden. Reduce heat to 200 degrees. Bake for 1 ½ -2 hours. Remove from oven. Cool in pan for about 3 hours. Remove sides of pan. Refrigerate or freeze.
YIELD: 12 Servings
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