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Cheesecake

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Cheesecake is a pie made from sweetened and flavoured cottage or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base.

Alternatively, a cheesecake is a derogoratory slang term for an attractive woman.

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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 c Graham cracker crumbs
  • 2 tb Sugar
  • 1/2 Stick butter, melted
  • 1 lb Cream cheese, softened
  • 1 c Sugar
  • 5 Eggs, separated
  • 1 pt Sour cream
  • 1 t Vanilla
  • 1/2 ts Lemon extract
  • CRUST: Mix together crumbs, sugar, and butter. Press into a 9 spring pan

FILLING: Cream together cream cheese and sugar. Add 1 egg yolk at a time, then add sour cream and extracts. Beat egg whites stiffly and fold into mixture. Bake in a 325 degree pre-heated oven for 1 hour. Turn oven off and leave cake in the oven another hour. Open oven door and leave cake in oven a half hour longer. Remove from oven and cool. @@

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  • 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 8 tablespoons sugar
  • 3 1/2 pounds cream cheese
  • 5 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 1/2 pints sour cream
  • Hot Fudge sauce 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 squares unsweetened chocolate chopped
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2/3 cup evaporated milk
  • 1/4 cup cocoa
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons grand Marnier

Cheesecake Blend together graham cracker crumbs, 4 tablespoons sugar and butter and line bottom of springform pan. Cream cheese until blended. Add eggs, one at a time. Add 1/2 pint sour cream, 1 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Pour on crust and bake 1 hour at 300. Let stand. Blend together 1 pint sour cream, 4 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Pour over cake. Bake 5 minutes at 300. Cool and refrigerate. Fudge sauce Melt butter in saucepan. Remove from heat, add cocoa and wisk until smooth. Stir in chocolate, sugar and evaporated milk. Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Cool briefly, then add vanilla and Grand Marnier. Mix, adding salt to taste if necessary. Pour hot sauce over cool cake just before serving. Two cups fudge sauce stores nicely in refrigerator.)

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoon flour
  • 1 pound cream cheese
  • 4 each egg
  • 1 cup cream, half and half, 10%
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 pastry

Line a deep pan with pastry. Mix flour and sugar together. Add the cream cheese and mix thoroughly. Beat eggs slightly, add the cream and vanilla and combine with first mixture.

Pour into pastry shell, which has been baking at 400 degrees F until starting to brown. Remove only long enough to pour in filling. Reduce heat to 325 degrees and bake for 40 minutes.

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A cake made out of cream cheese. (With many flavors.)

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its a cake, hence term 'cheesecake"

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