Recipe

Cheesecake Recipe

	Thewitchofendor / All my dishes 8 months, 2 weeks ago This claims to be the original Lindy's recipe and it tastes like it. It's a tough recipe to make the first few times but you do eventually get into a groove even if you only make it 1 or 2 times a year. Prep:45m Cook:80m Servings:12	Thewitchofe
	dessert medium difficulty

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Ingredients

Crust

1 cup graham crackers

½ cup stick butter, softened

¼ cup sugar

1 tablespoon grated lemon peel

1 egg yolk

Filling

5 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened

1 ¾ cups sugar

3 tablespoons gold medal all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon grated orange peel

1 tablespoon grated lemon peel

¼ teaspoon salt

5 eggs

2 egg yolks

¼ cup whipping (heavy) cream

Directions

Prep: 45 min; BAKE 1 hr 20 min; COOL: 15 min CHILL: 12 hrs

Move oven rack to lowest position

Preheat oven to 425

Lightly grease 9x3 springform pan,

Crust

Mix all ingredients with hands. Press one-third of the mixture evenly on the bottom of the pan. Assemble bottom and side of pan; secure side. Press remaining mixture all the way up the side of the pan.

Filling

5 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened

1 ¾ cups sugaqr

3 tablespoons gold medal all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon grated orange peel

1 tablespoon grated lemon peel

¼ teaspoon salt

5 eggs

2 egg yolks

¼ cup whipping (heavy) cream

Beat cream cheese, sugar, flour, and salt in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in eggs, egg yolks and ¼ cup whipping cream beating on low speed until well blended. Add orange peel, lemon peel stirring by hand. Pour into crust

Bake 20 minutes

Reduce oven temperature to 300. Bake about 45 minutes longer. Turn oven off and leave cheesecake in oven 15 minutes.

Cool in pan on wire rack 15 minutes

Run metal spatula along side of cheesecake to loosen. Refrigerate uncovered about 3 hours or until chilled; cover and continue refrigerating at least 9 hours but no longer than 48 hours

Run metal spatula along side of cheesecake to loosen; remove side of pan

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