Amaretto Cheesecake Cookies Food

AMARETTO CHEESECAKE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix together the graham cracker crumbs and the 3 tablespoons white sugar. Add the melted butter and mix well. Press into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes, set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, and cornstarch, and mix until smooth. Add sour cream, vanilla, amaretto liqueur, and salt. Mix until well blended. On low speed of an electric mixer, add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Pour batter over crust.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes. Remove from oven. Loosen around the edges with a knife and cool on a wire rack while still in pan. Refrigerate, remove from pan when completely chilled.

AMARETTO CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• For the crust: Combine all the ingredients into a paste. Press the paste onto the bottom and sides of a 9-inch springform pan and refrigerate.
• For the cheesecake filling: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the almond paste, sugar, and flour in a food processor; beat until smooth. Place this into a mixing bowl and beat in one-third of the cream cheese at a time, mixing well after each addition. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then pour the mixture into the prepared springform pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes.
• For the topping: Combine the sour cream, amaretto, and sugar; mix well. Spread it evenly on the cheesecake and return the cake to the oven for an additional 20 minutes, or until set.
• Refrigerate 6 hours or over night; serve chilled.

AMARETTO CHEESECAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Wrap the outside of a 10 inch springform pan with foil.
• In a large bowl, beat together cream cheese, sugar and corn starch until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time. Beat in sour cream and 1/2 cup melted butter. Stir in vanilla and orange extracts, lemon juice, almond extract and amaretto liqueur.
• To make crust: Combine macaroons and 2/3 cup melted butter. Blend thoroughly. Place most of the crust mixture in the bottom of the springform pan. Pour cheese mixture over crust, and sprinkle some crust mixture on top of batter.
• Place springform pan in a roasting pan, and set it in the oven. Fill roasting pan with water. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven and let set for 2 hours. Invert cheesecake so that the bottom becomes the top.

AMARETTO CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the cracker crumbs, butter and sugar. Press onto the bottom and 1 in. up the sides of a greased 9-in. springform pan., In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in the Amaretto, extracts and salt. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined. Pour into crust. Place pan on a baking sheet., Bake at 325° until center is almost set, 55-60 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes. Combine the sour cream, sugar and almond extract; spread over top of cheesecake. Bake 5 minutes longer., Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight. Remove sides of pan.

AMARETTO CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Press Graham Cracker Crust mixture firmly on bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of a 9 inch springform pan.
• Beat cream cheese at high speed with an electric mixer until ight and fluffy; gradually add 1 cup sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in 1/2 cup amaretto; pout mixture into prepared pan. Bake at 375F for 45 to 50 minutes or until set.
• Combine sour cream, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 2 tablespoons amaretto;stir well, and spoon over cheesecake. Bake at 500F for 5 minutes. let cool to room temperature on a wire rack; chill. Garnish with almonds, grated chocolate, chocolate leaves, and strawberry halves.

AMARETTO CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Crush enough graham crackers or very dry macaroons to make a cup. (Macaroon crumbs sometimes can be found in pastry shops.) Add butter and liqueur, and mix well. Press into bottom of 10-inch buttered springform pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix cream cheese and heavy cream at low speed in mixer until smooth. Mix sugars and cornstarch together, and add to cream cheese. Mix slowly just until mixture is smooth. Add eggs and yolks while continuing to mix slowly. Add salt and liqueur, and mix until smooth. Pour over crust in prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or until a circle the size of a silver dollar is still soft. Turn oven off. Leave in oven until cool (about 1 hour). If desired, top cake with apricot preserves and garnish with toasted almonds. Chill well before serving.

AMARETTI & SULTANA CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Tip the sultanas into a bowl, add the Disaronno and set aside to soak for 1 hr. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and lightly grease a 23cm loose-bottomed round cake tin. Melt the butter in a pan over a gentle heat and stir in the biscuit crumbs. Mix well, tip into the base of the tin and push down to compress it. Bake for 5 mins, then remove from the oven and allow to cool.
• Meanwhile, beat the cheese with the eggs, soured cream, flour, vanilla and caster sugar - preferably with an electric whisk so it is nice and smooth. Stir in the sultanas (and any Disaronno left in the bowl), then pour onto the base. Bake for 30 mins until set but still with a slight wobble in the centre. Cool in the tin. Can be made 2 days ahead and chilled.
• To serve, carefully turn out, dust with icing sugar and top with some broken amaretti biscuits. Serve with chilled glasses of Disaronno, if you like.

AMARETTO CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• In a medium bowl combine the graham crumbs, chopped almonds, sugar and butter.
• Mix well.
• Press into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan.
• In a large mixing bowl combine the cream cheese, sugar and flour.
• Mix until well blended.
• Beat in eggs one at a time until blended.
• Blend in sour cream and Amaretto.
• Pour over crust and bake for 10 minutes.
• Reduce temp to 250 degrees and bake for 40 minutes more.
• You want the cheese cake JUST set.
• Remove and place on a wire rack.
• Run a knife around the edges to loosen.
• Chill overnight.
• Combine the jam and amaretto in a small saucepan.
• Heat over low until just warm.
• Pour over chilled cheesecake and sprinkle with the almonds.
• Serve.

AMARETTO CHEESECAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and brown sugar.
• Cut in butter until mixture forms fine crumbs.
• Reserve 1 cup crumb mixture for topping.
• Press remainder over bottom of ungreased 8 inch square baking pan.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes at 350 or until lightly browned.
• In mixer bowl, thoroughly cream together cream cheese and granulated sugar.
• Add egg, amaretto, and vanilla; beat well.
• Spread batter over partially baked crust.
• Combine almonds with reserved crumb mixture; sprinkle over batter.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes.
• Cool and cut into squares.
• ENJOY!