Easy Cheesecake: 3 Recipes

Easy Cheesecake #1

Ingredients:

1 graham cracker pie crust

8 ounce package soft cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 cup sour cream
8 ounces Cool Whip, slightly thawed

Easy Cheesecake Recipe #1 Directions:

1. Beat cream cheese until smooth, add sugar and mix well. Add sour cream and vanilla, mix well. Fold in Cool Whip.

2. Spoon into pie crust and chill for 4 hours.

Easy Cheesecake #2

This is an easy baked cheesecake recipe that is topped with a delicious sour cream and sugar topping. It is crustless, but you can easily add a graham cracker crust before filling your pie plate. It gets rave reviews at every family gathering!

Ingredients:

2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
2/3 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

3 Tablespoons sugar
8 ounces sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla

Easy Cheesecake #2 Directions:

1. Beat cream cheese, 2/3 cup sugar, 3 eggs, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla with mixer until smooth. Pour into well greased 9 inch pie plate.

2. Bake 22 to 25 minutes at 350 degrees F. Turn oven off. Remove cheesecake and cool for 5 minutes.

3. Combine 3 Tablespoons sugar, sour cream, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Spread over warm cheesecake and return to oven for 5 minutes.

4. Cool and refrigerate.

Easy Cheesecake #3

Graham Cracker-Crumb Crust:
1 1/4 cup(s) Graham Cracker Crumbs, from 11 rectangular graham crackers
4 tablespoon(s) Butter Or Margarine, melted
1 tablespoon(s) Sugar

Cheesecake:
3 package(s) (8 ounces each) Cream Cheese, softened
3/4 cup(s) Sugar
1 tablespoon(s) All-Purpose Flour
1 1/2 teaspoon(s) Vanilla Extract
3 large Eggs
1 large Egg Yolk
1/4 cup(s) Milk
Fresh Berries, for garnish
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Directions
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Prepare Crumb Crust: In 8 1/2- to 9-inch springform pan, with fork, mix crumbs, melted butter, and sugar until crumbs are evenly moistened. With hand, press crumb mixture firmly onto bottom and up side of pan. Bake 10 minutes; cool crust in pan on wire rack. Turn oven control to 300 degrees F.
2. Prepare Cheesecake: In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth and fluffy. Beat in flour and vanilla until well combined. Reduce speed to low and beat in eggs and egg yolk, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in milk just until blended.
3. Pour batter into prepared crust. Bake 55 to 60 minutes, until set but still slightly jiggly and moist in center, and pale gold near edge.
4. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Refrigerate overnight before serving. To serve, remove side of pan. Place cake on plate; garnish with fresh fruits.

Old Fashioned Cheesecake

1 - 8 ounce cream cheese softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
dash of salt
2 eggs
graham crack crust

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice, vanilla and salt. Mix until well blended. Add eggs, once at a time, mixing well after each addition.

Place crust on baking sheet. Pour in filling. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes or until inserted knife comes out clean.

Topping:  Combine 1 cup sour cream, 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla. Carefully spread over pie. Continue baking 10 minutes; cool. Chill 3 hours. Top with fruit.

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Turbinado Cheese Cake

2 - 8 ounce packages of cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup Turbinado sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 Graham cracker pie crust

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat cream cheese, Turbinado sugar, eggs, vanilla and lemon juice together until smooth. Pour into graham cracker crust. Bake for 25 minutes. Cool in refrigerator for 6 hours before serving.

Cheese Cake-Pecan Pie

1 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
1 large egg
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 unbaked 9 inch deep-dish pastry shell
1 1/4 cups chopped pecans
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Combine cream cheese, egg, sugar, salt and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; beat on low speed with an electric mixer until smooth.

2. Pour into pastry shell; sprinkle evenly with pecans.

3. Combine 3 eggs, corn syrup, sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Pour in pie shell.

Bake on the lowest rack at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until set.