Lemon Cheesecake with Butter Cookie Crust
Lemon Cheesecake with Butter Cookie Crust

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We use amaretti cookies (Italian almond cookies) to make the crust. The almond cookies used in this recipe are a Cuisines. Add flour and ground cookies to the Add the eggs one at a time.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon cheesecake with butter cookie crust using 21 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

  1. Make ready FOR COOKIE CRUST
  2. Get butter cookie crumbs, I used pepperidge farms chessman cookies.You will need about 1 1/2 bags of the 7.25 oz bag.
  3. Prepare confectioners sugar
  4. Get melted butter
  5. Get FOR LEMON CHEESECAKE FILLING
  6. Take 8 ounce packages of cream cheese at room temperature
  7. Get granulated sugar
  8. Make ready salt
  9. Prepare eggs
  10. Take sour cream ( 3 cups )
  11. Make ready fresh lemon juice
  12. Get lemon zest
  13. Prepare vanilla extract
  14. Take FOR WHIPPED CREAM TOPPNG
  15. Make ready heavy whipping cream
  16. Make ready confectioners sugar
  17. Get vanilla extract
  18. Get FOR GARNISH
  19. Make ready fresh berries of choice, some for serving after slicing
  20. Make ready thin lemon slices
  21. Get chcolate shavings

A small portion of that lemony mix is then combined with cream cheese, sugar, lemon pudding and sour cream to create an extra dense and creamy cheesecake filling with a splash of citrus. These creamy lemon cheesecake bars have a smoother texture than the usual custard texture of a boxed lemon bar mix. The crust is super easy with using Nairn's ginger stem cookies and butter. It pairs gorgeously with the creamy dreamy lemon filling.

  1. PREPARE BAKING PAN
  2. Spray a 9 inche diameter removable bottom springform pan with 3 inch high sides with non stick spray, line bottom with parchment paper to fit.
  3. FOR CRUST
  4. Combine crumbs, confectioners sugar and butter mix well. Press into bottom and a bit up the sides of the prepared pan. Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes until golden brown. Cool before filling
  5. Cover bottom and sides of cooled prepared crust pan with a double layer of aluminum foil tightly.This is to keep cheesecake dry while baking in a water bath pan.
  6. PREPARE LEMON CHEESECAKE FILLING
  7. Prehat oven to 325
  8. In a large bowl beat cream cheese until smooth and fluffy, add sugar slowly than add salt. Beat in eggs one at a time, beat in sour cream, lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla.Pour filling into prepated pan.
  9. Place foil wrapped cake in a large roasting pan. Pour enough very hot water into roasting pan to come halfway up cake pan. (this is the water bath ) Bake until filling is slightly puffy and moves only a tiny bit in center when shaken.This will take about 1hour 25 to 30 minutes. Remove cake pan from water bath, remove foil. Cool cake on a wire rack until room temperature about 2 hours. Chill in refrigerator, uncovered until cold, then cover. Keep chilled at least overnight before removing from pan. To remove from pan cut around sides to carefully loosen bottom from sides with small sharp knife.remove side part of springform pan. Place cheesescake on serving dish.
  10. FOR TOPPING
  11. In a chilled bowl beat heavy cream until soft peaks form, add confectioners sugar and vanilla and beat until stiff. Spread over to and sides of cheesecake.
  12. Garish wth thin lemon slices, fresh berries and chocolate shavings

The cookie crust also stood up well to slicing and serving and made a pretty edge to this delightful cake. Because of the simplicity I am not sure I will bake a cheesecake. I love these little lemon cheesecakes for this time of year, because the ginger and molasses cookie crust just feels so "holiday" to me. I used Among Friends' Shane's Molasses Ginger Cookie Mix for the crust. This baking mix is made with whole grains, with no gums or fillers, and is totally gluten-free!

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