Recipe: Yummy Lemon Cheesecake with Butter Cookie Crust

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Lemon Cheesecake with Butter Cookie Crust. Add flour and ground cookies to the Add the eggs one at a time. Blend in the lemon zest and juice. Pour mixture into the cooled crust. We use amaretti cookies (Italian almond cookies) to make the crust. The almond cookies used in this recipe are a Cuisines.

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Ingredients of Lemon Cheesecake with Butter Cookie Crust

  1. It's 1 of FOR COOKIE CRUST.
  2. It's 2 1/2 cup of butter cookie crumbs, I used pepperidge farms chessman cookies.You will need about 1 1/2 bags of the 7.25 oz bag..
  3. You need 1/4 cup of confectioners sugar.
  4. You need 1/3 cup of melted butter.
  5. Prepare 1 of FOR LEMON CHEESECAKE FILLING.
  6. It's 5 of 8 ounce packages of cream cheese at room temperature.
  7. Prepare 2 cup of granulated sugar.
  8. It's 1/4 tsp of salt.
  9. Prepare 7 large of eggs.
  10. You need 24 oz of sour cream ( 3 cups ).
  11. You need 2 tbsp of fresh lemon juice.
  12. Prepare 2 tbsp of lemon zest.
  13. You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
  14. It's 1 of FOR WHIPPED CREAM TOPPNG.
  15. Prepare 2 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream.
  16. It's 3 tbsp of confectioners sugar.
  17. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
  18. Prepare 1 of FOR GARNISH.
  19. Prepare 1 cup of fresh berries of choice, some for serving after slicing.
  20. Prepare 6 of thin lemon slices.
  21. You need 1/4 cup of chcolate shavings.

Stir cookie crumbs and butter in medium bowl until evenly moistened. The crust is super easy with using Nairn's ginger stem cookies and butter. It pairs gorgeously with the creamy dreamy lemon filling. The cookie crust also stood up well to slicing and serving and made a pretty edge to this delightful cake.

Lemon Cheesecake with Butter Cookie Crust step by step

  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.

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! This lemon cheesecake features an almond cookie crust, too.