Classic Cheesecake with Pastry Crust
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 4 eggs, divided
- 1-1/2 tsp. grated lemon zest, divided
- 2 tsp. lemon juice, divided
- 1 cup flour
- 3 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp. flour
- 2 Tbsp. milk
- Preheat oven to 350F if using a silver 9-inch springform pan (or to 325F if using a dark nonstick 9-inch springform pan).
- Beat butter and 1/3 cup sugar in medium bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Blend in 1 of the eggs, 1/2 tsp.
- of the lemon peel and 1 tsp.
- of the lemon juice.
- Add 1 cup flour; mix well.
- Reserve 3/4 cup of the dough; cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
- Press remaining dough firmly onto bottom of springform pan.
- Bake 10 minutes; cool.
- Press reserved dough 2 inches up side of pan.
- Increase oven temperature to 450F (or to 425F if using a dark nonstick pan).
- Beat cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar, 2 Tbsp.
- flour, remaining 1 tsp.
- lemon peel and remaining 1 tsp.
- lemon juice in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
- Add remaining 3 eggs, 1 at a time, mixing just until blended after each addition.
- Blend in milk; pour into crust.
- Bake 10 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 250F (or to 225F for a dark nonstick pan); continue baking 40 minutes.
- Run small knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan.
- Refrigerate several hours or overnight.
- Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.
butter, sugar, eggs, lemon zest, lemon juice, flour, philadelphia cream cheese, sugar, flour, milk
Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/-17985.aspx (may not work)