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Best Cheesecake

Recipe Introduction


I have made tons of cheesecakes, but this one is by far the best. Always comes out perfect. The key is turning off the oven and letting the cake sit for 2 hours in the oven. Cake always comes out creamy





List of Ingredients



• For Crust
  
• 5 Tablespoons margarine
  
• 1/3 Cup brown sugar
  
• 1 cup flour
  
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
  
• 2 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese softened at room temperature
  
• 1 lb creamed cottage cheese
  
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
  
• 4 eggs slightly beaten
  
• 3 Tablespoons cornstarch
  
• 3 Tablespoons flour
  
• 1 1/2 Tablespoons lemon juice
  
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  
• 1/2 cup melted butter
  
• 1 pint dairy sour cream
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 10 inch springform pan with cooking spray
   
   
2. FOR CRUST Cream margarine with brown sugar. Add flour and nuts. Press into springform pan. Bake 12-15 min. Remove from oven
   
   
3. Turn oven down to 325 degrees
   
   
4. In a large bowl of electric mixer at high speed beat cream cheese with cottage cheese until creamy and well combined at least 10-12 minutes
   
   
5. Gradually beat in sugar, then eggs until well blended
   
   
6. At low speed beat in cornstarch, flour, lemon juice and vanilla
   
   
7. Add melted butter and sour cream and beat until blended and smooth
   
   
8. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes or until firm around the edges, the cake need not brown
   
   
9. Turn oven off. Let cake stand in oven for 2 hours
   
   
10. Remove from oven and let cool completely
    
    
11. Run spatula around the side of cake to loosen it. Remove side of springform pan leaving the bottom in place. Refridgerate
    
    
12. Add any fruit topping to cake
    
    



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