Recipe

Vanilla Bean Cheesecake Recipe

	Crabhappychick / All my dishes 1 year, 4 months ago Smooth, delicious, restaurant-quality cheesecake. You can dress it up if you wish with fresh berries or other fresh fruit, but please don't use any canned cherry pie or blueberry goop on top. It would be heresy. Prep:20m Cook:105m Servings:12	Crabhappych
	rich vanilla bean cheesecake

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Ingredients

2 1/2 pounds cream cheese, softened

1 cup sugar, or Splenda

1/4 cup cornstarch, plus 3/4 teaspoon

1 tablespoon lemon juice

6 large eggs

7 Tablespoons heavy cream

14 ounces sour cream

1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped out (use seeds, put empty bean in a cannister of sugar to flavor sugar)

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Directions

Cream together the cream cheese, sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice. Add eggs slowly, one at a time. Scrape bowl and paddle often. Add in heavy cream, sour cream, vanilla bean seeds and vanilla extract. Scrape sides of bowl and paddle. Pour into container; cover and refrigerate overnight. (The cheesecake filled our springform pan almost to overflowing.)

Bake at 300 degrees for approximately 1 hour 45 minutes in hot water bath until set. After removing from oven, loosen edge around cheesecake with a knife. This will help prevent cracking. Refrigerate overnight and serve on third day with your favorite topping.

Hot water bath: To bake in a hot water bath, fill a large roasting pan about 2/3's of the way with hot water and set in oven. Place springform pan encased in heavy aluminum foil in center of pan.

NOTE: I baked this without a crust to make this GF, but to make a traditional crust (you could make a GF one) mix:

8 to 10 ounces graham cracker crumbs with 1 stick of melted butter and 2 T sugar. Press into bottom of a 9" springform pan and bake for 15 minutes at 350. Wrap pan with foil prior to baking.

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Comments

bluewaterandsand 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Awesome recipe! I will take your advice and use the fresh fruits.

greekgirrrl 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Love the word gloop,but hate gloop itself! Great post!

lasaf 1 year, 1 month ago said:
I would never turn down any cheesecake, but I am a cheesecake purist and prefer it not be glooped. This is a great recipe.

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