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Recipe by Nitra Ladies Auxiliary

Festive Light Cheesecake

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Dairy Dairy
Easy Easy
8 Servings
Allergens
1 Hour, 10 Minutes
Diets

A regal, classic-style cheesecake. Recipe includes two options for the crust.   See Passover variation below. For more delicious cheesecakes like this one, see our post The Ultimate Cheesecake Roundup.

Ingredients

Simple Crust

  • 10 ounces lemon or marble cookies, crumbled

  • 4 ounces butter, melted

Rich Crust

  • 10 ounces Kedem Tea Biscuits, crushed

  • 3/4 cup ground filberts or hazelnuts

  • 6 ounces margarine, melted

  • 3/4 cup sugar

  • 1/3 cup brown sugar

Cheesecake

  • 2 and 1/2 pounds farmer cheese

  • 16 ounces whipped cream cheese

  • 16 ounces sour cream

  • 2 tablespoons Gefen Vanilla Sugar

  • 1 and 1/4 cups sugar

  • 4 tablespoons Gefen Cornstarch, dissolved in 1 and 1/2 cups milk

  • 5 eggs

Filling Variation

  • 1 – 1 and 1/4 cups water or juice

  • 1/2 cup sugar

  • 2 tablespoons Gefen Cornstarch

  • 10 ounces frozen raspberries

Directions

Prepare the Simple Crust

1.

Combine cookie crumbs with melted butter.

2.

Press into three nine-inch pie pans.

Prepare the Rich Crust

1.

Combine all ingredients.

2.

Press into three nine-inch pie pans.

3.

Optional: Grate chocolate over crust.

Prepare the Cheesecake

1.

Mix cheeses and sour cream.

2.

Add remaining ingredients.

3.

Pour over crumbs. Bake for 55 minutes. Leave cake in oven to cool.

4.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Notes:

Freezes well.

For the Filling Variation

1.

Bring liquid, sugar and cornstarch to a boil. Cook for one minute.

2.

Spread half of cheese filling onto crust. Spread raspberry filling, allow to set.

3.

Top with remaining cheese. Proceed as above.

Notes:

Filling can be used as a topping. Spread onto baked cheesecake and refrigerate for three hours to set.

Credits

Photography and Styling by Sarah Husney

Festive Light Cheesecake

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