Cheesecake Help (ingredients, cake recipe, sugar, ginger)
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Does anyone have a favorite cheese cake recipe? Local stores put Philadelphia cream cheese on sale for the holidays, so I am going to indulge myself with a cheesecake.
I prefer to be able to taste the cream cheese, so even a really good basic, plain cheesecake would be wonderful.
I like to make cheesecake in muffin tins using cupcake papers. For Thanksgiving I made a great pumpkin cheesecake recipe with gingersnap crust mixed with pecans--it was a big hit. There is no shortage of cheesecake recipes on the net. Just be sure your cream cheese is at room temp before you mix in eggs and sugar.
2 lg pkgs philadelphia cream cheese 1 small whole milk ricotta 1 1/2 cups sugar 4 eggs 3 tbsp flour 3 tbsp cornstarch 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 tsp vanilla 1 stick melted butter 1-16 oz sour cream
Grease a 9 or 10" spring form pan. Mix cream cheese and butter using a hand or stand mixer. Add ricotta and other ingredients, putting sour cream in last. Bake 1 hour on 350 degrees. Shut oven off, leave cake in oven 2 hours without opening door. cover and refrigerate.
This cheese cake is smooth creamy and not gritty like the traditional Italian cheese cakes are. It does not have a crust but you can put one if you like. My mom and I have been making this recipe for years that her neighbor gave to her. I know the addition of four and cornstarch sound weird but trust me it works.
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