Easy Cheesecake

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Easy Cheesecake

Never mind the sour foam, farmer's cheese, cream cheese, water bath, and worrying well-nigh a sunken center. The filling for this delicious cheesecake has just four uncomplicated ingredients, and the cake bakes in a mere thirty minutes. Now THAT'S easy!

Want to reduce the carbs and calories in this recipe? Substitute our King Arthur Blistering Sugar Alternative for the saccharide called for. Run into how in "tips," below.

Instructions

  1. Select a pie pan whose inside top dimension is at least nine", and whose superlative is at least 1 1/iv". Preheat the oven to 350°F.

  2. To brand the chaff: Stir together all of the crust ingredients, mixing until thoroughly combined.

  3. Printing the crumbs into the bottom and upwardly the sides of the pie pan, making a thicker layer on the lesser than on the sides.

  4. To make the filling: Mix together the room-temperature cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Mix in the eggs and vanilla, again mixing until smoothen. To avoid beating too much air into the batter, use a mixer ready at depression-medium speed. To avoid lumps, brand certain the cream cheese is softened, and/or at room temperature.

  5. Ready the pie pan onto a baking sheet, if desired; this makes it easier to ship in and out of the oven, and likewise protects the lesser of the crust from any potential scorching. Pour the filling into the crust.

  6. To broil the cheesecake: Place the cheesecake in the oven. Bake it for 20 minutes, then add a crust shield; or shield the crust with strips of aluminum foil. Bake for an additional 10 minutes (for a total of most thirty minutes). A digital thermometer inserted into the filling 1" from the edge should read between 165°F and 170°F; the filling won't expect entirely prepare in the middle.

  7. Remove the cheesecake from the oven and gear up it on a rack to cool. In one case the cake is cool, air-condition it, covered, until you're ready to serve information technology.

  8. Serve cheesecake in wedges, with fresh fruit if desired.

  9. Storage information:Shop any leftovers in the refrigerator for several days; freeze for longer storage.

Tips from our Bakers

  • To make a raspberry swirl cheesecake: Spoon or pipe 1/four loving cup (85g) seedless raspberry jam onto the top of the filling in one case it'southward in the crust, before baking. Gently (and briefly) swirl the jam into the filling with a butter knife or toothpick; you don't desire to combine jam and filling completely, just create a pretty pattern. Exist careful non to go too deep, equally you don't want to run a risk scraping the bottom crust. Bake as directed.

  • Want to serve the cheesecake with a tasty raspberry topping? Place the contents of a 12-ounce bag frozen raspberries (a scant 3 cups) in a basin to thaw. You can hasten the process with a quick trip through the microwave, simply don't let the berries cook. Add 1 tablespoon Instant ClearJel to thicken, and stir until well combined. Stir in i to two tablespoons granulated saccharide, to taste. Add together a compression of basis cinnamon, if desired. Spoon the topping over the cheesecake.

  • To brand individual cheesecakes, divide the crust mixture and filling evenly amongst iv four" mini springform pans. Broil the cheesecakes for virtually 30 minutes, until the edges are set and a digital thermometer inserted into the heart of one read 165°F to 170°F. Proceed with the recipe directions every bit written.

  • Here'due south an piece of cake manner to reduce the carbs and calories in this recipe: substitute King Arthur Baking Sugar Alternative, cup for cup, for the sugar(s) called for. Exist sure to substitute by volume (not weight); follow mixing directions every bit written. Apply the designated oven temperature called for in the recipe. Since our Baking Sugar Alternative will bake and dark-brown more quickly, start checking for doneness iii-quarters of the way through the suggested bake time.