The Last Cheescake Recipe You’ll Need
Looking for a yummy, homemade cheesecake recipe with a lot of flavor? See why we think this is the last cheesecake recipe you’ll ever need!
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour 10 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 40 mins
- Yield: 10 1x
- Category: Dessert
Ingredients
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Crust:
- 1 stick (4 oz.) butter
- 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
Filling:
- 2 pounds cream cheese, allow to warm to room temp.
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp flour
- 2 eggs
Flavorings – choose a set:
- 2 Tbsp vanilla
- 1–2 oz Amaretto
- OR
- 2–3 oz. Kahlua OR other flavored alcohol(s), as desired
Other needs:
- Springform or pie pan (make sure it’s large and deep, this cheesecake will fill two ordinary 8″ or 9″ by 3/4″-1″ pie plates!)
- Cookie sheet with raised edges – optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Crust:
- Melt the butter.
- In your pie plates or springform pan, mix the butter and graham cracker crumbs, then press down to form the crust.
- Bake the crust for 10 minutes, then pull out and set aside. While this bakes, start the filling.
Filling:
- Mix cream cheese, eggs, sugar, and flour.
- Add flavoring (vanilla and amaretto, or other liquors/liquers)
- Blend until almost smooth, but no longer than 6 minutes.
- Pour into the pie plate(s)/springform pan.
Baking:
- For a perfect look at the end, fill a cookie sheet/baking tray with water, and put it on the rack below the pan(s). Without this, the surface of the cheesecake will crack and cool unevenly – same great taste and texture inside, but it won’t be picture-perfect.
- Place the cheesecake pan(s) in the oven and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. It will likely not look ‘done’ in the center, but that’s just fine.
- After baking finishes, allow to cool outside of the refrigerator for ~1 hour. (Grab a book and a metal spoon, with the scent of this you may need to deter prowling children, siblings or parents during this time!)
- Chill for at least 4 hours, or overnight if possible.
- Enjoy with a good coffee!
