No-Frills Cheese Cake

Serves: 2

Leola Gaylord

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

48

Spice

50

Sweetness

52

Sourness

40

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.1

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 tsp

Lemon Juice

4

Eggs

1 cup

Sugar

1 tsp

Salt

Directions:

1

For the crust, stir together crust ingredients and press onto bottom and 1-inch up side of a buttered 24-centemeter springform pan

2

Fill immediately or chill up to 2 hours

3

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

4

For the filling, use your mixers lowest speed

5

Using a paddle attachment, if your mixer has one, beat the cream cheese smooth, no more than 30 seconds

6

Stop the mixer and scrape the bowl and beater (or paddle

7

) Add the sugar in a stream, mixing for no more than 30 seconds

8

Stop and scrape

9

Add the vanilla, lemon juice, and 1 egg at a time; mix only until absorbed, no more than 30 seconds each

10

Add remaining eggs one at a time

11

Stop and scrape after each addition

12

Wrap aluminum foil around the bottom of the springform pan so it comes at least 1-inch up the sides

13

Pour the filling into the pan over the crust

14

Place the pan in a jelly-roll or roasting pan and pour warm water into the pan to a depth of 1/2-inch

15

Bake cheesecake for about 60 minutes, or until lightly colored and firm except for the very center

16

Remove from the pan of hot water

17

Remove the foil and cool completely on a rack

18

Wrap the cheesecake in plastic or foil and chill overnight before unmolding