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Cheese Cake

Classic cheesecake with zwieback crust
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Cook Time 1 hour
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 box zwieback crumbs
  • cinnamon
  • sugar for crust
  • butter very thick along sides of pan
  • 1 lb cream cheese
  • 1/2 lb pot cheese
  • 1 cup sugar add to the cheese
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp almond extract
  • 1/2 tsp fresh lemon
  • 1/2 pint sour cream
  • 3 tbs flour
  • 6 eggs

Method
 

  1. 1. Take pot cheese put in mixer, beat smooth.
  2. 2. Add cream cheese and mix, add sugar, beat well.
  3. 3. Separate eggs, drop yolks one at a time in mixture, add flavoring and sour cream and flour, mix well.
  4. 4. Beat egg whites until stiff, fold in whites.
  5. 5. Put in oven at 325 to 350. Bake for 1 hr.
  6. 6. Turn off oven and leave in at least 10 min.

Notes

Crust is made with zwieback crumbs mixed with cinnamon and sugar, butter applied very thick along sides of pan. Some handwriting unclear - 'pot cheese' is similar to ricotta or farmer's cheese.

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