Northwest Cheesecake Supreme Food

CHEESECAKE SUPREME

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Mix the graham cracker crumbs, 1/2 cup of the white sugar, and the melted butter together. Press mixture into the bottom of one 9 or 10 inch springform pan.
• In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, eggs and egg yolks; mix until smooth. Add the remaining 1 3/4 cups white sugar, the flour and the heavy cream. Blend until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 10 minutes, then turn oven temperature down to 200 degrees F (100 degrees C) and continue baking for 1 hour, or until filling is set. Let cheesecake cool, then refrigerate.

BEST CRUST CHEESECAKE SUPREME

Steps:

• To prepare crust, combine flour, sugar, and lemon peel. Cut in butter until crumbly, and then add egg and vanilla. Pat just enough into the bottom of a 9" springform pan (with sides removed) to cover. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 7 minutes or until golden; cool.
• Butter the sides of the pan and attach to bottom. Pat remaining dough onto the sides of the pan to a height of 1 3/4" and set aside. Note: you may have extra dough left, and if so discard. I doubled the crust recipe because I found the original did not make enough.
• For the filling, in a large mixer bowl beat the cream cheese, lemon peel, and vanilla until fluffy. Stir together the sugar, flour and salt and then gradually stir into the cream cheese mixture. Add eggs and egg yolk all at once, beating at low speed until just combined. Stir in mulk, and pour into crust-lined pan.
• Bake in a 450 degree oven for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 300 and bake for 50-55 minutes more or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes, then loosen sides of cheesecake from pan with a spatula. Cool another 30 minutes and then remove sides of pan. Cool about 2 hours longer, then chill thoroughly before topping with pie filling.

CHEESECAKE SUPREME

Steps:

• First, make crust.
• Preheat oven to 325F degrees.
• Combine crumbs, sugar and melted margarine in a bowl; press into the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
• Bake for 10 minutes; remove from oven and turn oven temperature up to 450F.
• Now, make filling.
• Combine softened cream cheese, sugar and flour with an electric mixer at medium speed until well mixed.
• Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• At slow speed, blend in sour cream and vanilla; pour into crust.
• Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 250F and bake for one hour more.
• Remove from oven and loosen cake from rim of pan but do not remove rim of pan until completely cool.
• Chill; top servings with pie filling if desired.

CHEESECAKE SUPREME

Steps:

• MAKE CRUST: Combine first 3 ingredients.
• Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
• Add egg yolk and vanilla.
• Blend throughly.
• Pat 1/3 of the dough on the bottom of a 9-inch spring-form pan (sides removed).
• Be sure to leave the edges clear to put the sides on later.
• Bake in 400 degree oven about 8 minutes or until golden, Cool.
• Attach sides to bottom, butter and pat remaining dough on sides to height of 1 3/4 inches.
• MAKE FILLING: Beat cream chesse until creamy.
• Add vanilla and lemon peel.
• In a separate bowl mix together sugar, flour and salt.
• Gradually blend into cheese mixture.
• Add eggs and egg yolks one at a time, beater after each just to blend.
• Gently stir in whipping cream.
• Pour into the crust lined pan.
• Bake at 450 degrees for 12 minutes; reduce heat to 300 degrees and continue baking 55 minutes.
• Remove from oven; cool.
• Loosen sides with saptula after 1/2 hour.
• Remove sides at the end of 1 hour.
• Allow to cool 2 hours longer.
• Serve plain or top with Strawberry or Pineapple Glaze.
• STRAWBERRY GLAZE: In a saucepan crush 1 cup of the berries; add the water and cook 2 minutes.
• Mix the cornstarch with the sugar (amount depends on how sweet the berries are).
• Stir into hot berry mixture.
• Bring to boiling; stirring constantly.
• Cook until thick and clear.
• Cool to room temperature.
• Place remaining strawberries on top of the cooled cheesecake.
• Pour glaze over the strawberries and chill about 2 hours.
• PINEAPPLE GLAZE: Combine sugar and cornstarch in saucepan; stir in pineapple juice and lemon peel.
• Heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to boiling.
• Cook and stir until thick and clear.
• Cool to room temperature.
• Cut canned pineapple rings in half; arrange in a spoke fashion around edge of cheesecake.
• Spoon glaze over; chill 2 hours.