i need the best baked cheesecake recipe you have?

Question

im an ok cook but have never made a cheesecake. i need a recipe that i can add any thing else to if i wanted.
there are so many recipes out there that i dont know which one to choose.

Answer 1

I have always used the one listed on the cardboard package of the Philadelphia Cream Cheese package. I find it extra convenient because if you start by picking up the cream cheese first at the store you now have an instant shopping list so you don't forget anything.

Answer 2

Well... since halloween is just around the corner, this recipe seems very appropriate! :)

Pumpkin Cheese Cake
2-8 oz pkg chream cheese, softened
1 1/2 c sugar
2 eggs
3/4 c cooked pumpkin
1/4c flour
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 9 inch pie shell

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat cream chees, sugar and eggs together until smooth. Add pumpkin. Stir in flour, nutmeg, and cunnamon. Beat well. Pour into pie shell and bake for 60 minutes.

Yummy-Yummy Goodness!

Answer 3

New York Style Cheesecake

1 crumb-crust recipe, made with finely ground graham crackers
5 (8-oz) packages cream cheese, softened
1 3/4 cups sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Finely grated zest of 1 orange
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
5 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon vanilla



Make crumb crust as directed in separate recipe. Preheat oven to 550°F.
Beat together cream cheese, sugar, flour, and zests with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs and yolks, 1 at a time, then vanilla, beating on low speed until each ingredient is incorporated and scraping down bowl between additions.

Put springform pan with crust in a shallow baking pan. Pour filling into crust (springform pan will be completely full) and bake in baking pan (to catch drips) in middle of oven 12 minutes, or until puffed. Reduce temperature to 200°F and continue baking until cake is mostly firm (center will still be slightly wobbly when pan is gently shaken), about 1 hour more.

Run a knife around top edge of cake to loosen and cool completely in springform pan on a rack. Chill cake, loosely covered, at least 6 hours. Remove side of pan and transfer cake to a plate. Bring to room temperature before serving.

Answer 4

Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Hour Ready In: 7 Hours 30 Minutes

This Cheesecake recipe i found on the Internet it is actually really good. Best of luck to you.

INGREDIENTS:
15 graham crackers, crushed
2 tablespoons butter, melted

4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3/4 cup milk
4 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup all-purpose flour

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DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch spring-form pan.
In a medium bowl, mix graham cracker crumbs with melted butter. Press onto bottom of spring-form pan.
In a large bowl, mix cream cheese with sugar until smooth. Blend in milk, and then mix in the eggs one at a time, mixing just enough to incorporate. Mix in sour cream, vanilla and flour until smooth. Pour filling into prepared crust.
Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Turn the oven off, and let cake cool in oven with the door closed for 5 to 6 hours; this prevents cracking. Chill in refrigerator until serving.

Answer 5

Chocolate-Raspberry Truffle Cheesecake

2 1/2 c. chocolate wafer crumbs
1/3 c. butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
8 oz. pkg. semisweet chocolate squares, cut into 1/2" cubes
1/4 c. hot strong coffee
3 (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese, cut into 1" cubes
8 oz. carton sour cream
1 c. sugar, divided
2 eggs
2 T. whipping cream
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 cup Chambord or other raspberry-flavored liqueur

Garnish:
Whipped cream
Fresh mint sprigs

Raspberry Sauce:
10 oz. pkg. frozen raspberries, thawed
2 tsp. cornstarch

Cheesecake: Combine wafer crumbs, butter, and 1/2 c. sugar; blend well. Press on bottom and 1 1/2" up sides of a 9" springform pan. Set aside.

Position knife blade in food processor bowl; add chocolate cubes, and process until finely ground. With food processor running, pour hot coffee through food chute. Process until chocolate is melted and smooth. Add cream cheese cubes and next 6 ingredients, and process until mixture is smooth, stopping once to scrape down sides of processor bowl. Pour mixture into prepared crust, and bake at 350F for 55 minutes. (Center will still be soft.) Let cheesecake cool to room temperature on a wire rack. Cover and chill at least 8 hours. Carefully remove sides of pan. Place each serving on a pool of Raspberry Sauce. Garnish, if desired, with whipped cream and mint.

Raspberry Sauce: Drain raspberries, reserving juice. Put raspberries through a food mill, and discard seeds. Combine raspberry juice, puree, and cornstarch, stirring until smooth. Cook over medium heat, stirring until smooth and thickened. Let cool. Yield: 3/4 c.

Answer 6

ALMOND CHEESECAKE/NOUGATINE TOPPING

375 OVEN SERVES 8-10


CRUST:


1 ¼ CUP GRAHAM CRACKER CRUMBS [ABOUT 20 CRACKERS]
¼ CUP MINCED WALNUTS
¼ TEASPOON CINNAMON
½ CUP MELTED BUTTER

FILLING

3 EGGS BEATEN
16 0Z CREAM CHEESE SOFT
1 CUP SUGAR
¼ TEASPOON SALT
1 TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT
1T ALMOND LIQUEUR
½ TEASPOON ALMOND EXTRACT
3 CUPS SPUR CREAM

TOPPING

½ CUP ALMONDS SLICED
½ CUP SUGAR
2 T WATER

PUT CRUST IN 9” SPRING FORM PAN 1 ¾ “ UP THE SIDES
IN LARGE BOWL COMBINE EGGS, CHEESE, SUGAR, SALT, VANILLA, ALMOND LIQUEUR AND EXTRACT. BLEND WELL, THEN BEAT TWO MIN. UNTIL SMOOTH. BLEND IN SOUR CREAM.
POUR INTO CRUST AND BAKE 35 MIN, JUST UNTIL SET.
COOL. CHILL Thoroughly 4-5 HOURS OR OVERNIGHT.
SPRINKLE WITH NOUGATINE.

NOUGATINE

PREHEAT OVEN TO 350. TOAST ALMONDS ON BAKING SHEET 3 MIN.
COMBINE SUGAR AND WATER IN SMALL SAUCEPAN AND COOK UNTIL SUGAR CARAMELIZES. STIR IN NUTS. POUR SUGARED NUTS ONTO BUTTERED BAKING SHEET AND ALLOW TO COOL.
BREAK INTO SMALL PIECES AND SPRINKLE ON TOP OF CHILLED CHEESECAKE.

Answer 7

CHEESECAKE

PREHEAT OVEN TO 350

4- 8.OZ SOFTENED CREAM CHEESE
6 EGGS
1 CUP 1/3 CUP OF SUGAR
1 TEASPOON OF VANILLA

MIX ALTOGETHER UNTIL SMOOTH
POUR INTO 9X13 PAN
BAKE FOR 35 MINUTES
COOL FOR 5 MINUTES

TOPPING

1- 16.OZ SOUR CREAM
6 TABLESPOONS SUGAR
2 TEASPOON OF VANILLA

MIX TOGETHER POUR OVER CAKE BAKE FOR 10 MINUTES MORE
SPRINKLE CINNAMON ON TOP