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Classic Cheesecake Recipe
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Classic Cheesecake Recipe

10 ingredients 3 hr 50 min 1 (9-inch) cheesecake (about 12 servings) openrecipes
Classic Cheesecake Recipe

Many commercial cheesecakes are huge and overflowing with a host of strange ingredients like peanut butter cups or chocolate chip cookie dough. One piece will...

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

924
Calories
23g
Protein
35g
Fat
125g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream Cheese 1 oz (28g) 99
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cracker 5 saltine crackers (15g) 66
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups graham cracker or vanilla wafer cookie crumbs, such as Nabisco Nilla Wafers
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/4 stick), melted, plus more for coating the pan
  • 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 4 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese , at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest (from about 1 lemon)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1 large egg yolk , at room temperature
  • 3 large eggs , at room temperature

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By chow · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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