Key Lime Pie Cheesecake
- Crust
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs, about 10 whole crackers
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- Filling
- 1 1/2 lbs cream cheese
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon key lime zest, grated
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup key lime juice, seeds removed (about 8-9 limes)
- 4 large eggs
- Crust:.
- Mix all ingredients and press into bottom of a 9" spring form pan.
- Double wrap pan with heavy duty aluminum foil.
- Filling:.
- Have all ingredients at room temperature.
- Using an electric mixer, on low speed, beat the cream cheese just until softened.
- Add sugar and beat on low just until mixed.
- Add the flour, salt, vanilla, zest and beat on low just until mixed.
- Add the sweetened condensed milk and sour cream beating just until mixed.
- With mixer running on low speed, add the lime juice in a slow stream, beating just until mixed.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing each in before adding the next egg. Beat last egg in just until mixed.
- Pour the filling into the prepared crust.
- Place the foil-wrapped pan into a large roasting pan.
- Place pans in oven and fill roasting pan with hot water until water is half way up the cheesecake pan.
- Bake for 1 hour, or until filling is set, but center is still a bit jiggly.
- Remove roasting pan from oven carefully.
- Remove cheesecake pan from roaster water bath and place on wire rack. Run a sharp small knife around the sides of the pan to loosen and keep the cheesecake from cracking as it cools.
- Cool at room temperature.
- When cool, remove foil wrapping, wrap in plastic and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/key-lime-pie-cheesecake-310683 (may not work)