Share your favorite cheesecake recipe

[isabel]

Please and thank you!

[jinkies]

I'm a pretty good baker, but suck at making full size cheesecake.

However, these little cupcake size ones are super easy and so good that I would tell my kids they are allergic to avoid sharing: www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2011/09/cookies-and-cream-cheesecakes.html

[flex]

Maple-Bacon and Pumpkin Cheesecake
BY JASON MOSLEY ON MARCH 11, 2008 IN BACON · 16 COMMENTS
Maple-Bacon Cheesecake

When I was at the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival I met a Chef that appreciates bacon as much as I do. His name is Lance Avery; he is the Corporate Executive Chef for Sara Lee. Lance created a Maple-Bacon and Pumpkin Cheesecake that was out of this world. After taking only one bite I ran up to him and said, “You have to give me this recipe, the world must know how good this is”. He gladly said yes, so without anymore rambling here is the recipe.

Maple-Bacon & Pumpkin Cheesecake


Crust
twenty-four 5 by 2½ -inch graham crackers
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
1/2 cup pure maple syrup (preferably Grade B)

In a food processor finely grind graham crackers (you will have about 3 1/2 cups). Cut the butter into 8 pieces. Using the food processor, add the butter and syrup into the ground grahams until fully distributed. Press the grahams evenly into bottom and up side of a 10-inch spring form pan. Pre bake the crust (for crispier crust) in a 325º oven for 15 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before filling.

Filling
four 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup pure maple syrup (preferably Grade B)
4 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
½ cup heavy cream
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
8 slices of Jimmy Dean Center Piece Bacon – Maple 31634, cooked again until super crispy, then let cool before crumbling into tiny pieces

With mixer, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in the syrup, then add the eggs one a time. Finish the mix by adding the remaining ingredients (except bacon) and mix well. Sprinkle the pre-baked crust with half of the crumbled bacon. Pour the filling over the bacon. Sprinkle the remaining bacon on the top. Bake at 325º for 1 1/4 hours or until center appears nearly set when shaken. Cool for 1 hour at room temperature. Cover and chill for at least 4 hours before serving, preferably overnight.

[isabel]

This was a well-timed question. lol

[lilibet]

This is amazing.

www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2008/04/creamy-cream-cheese-cheesecake-for-passover-recipe.html

[whitemerlot]

This is great.

m.allrecipes.com/recipe/25642/white-chocolate-raspberry-cheesecake/

[isabel]

Dec 7, 2014 22:18:03 GMT -5 lilibet said:

This is amazing.

www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2008/04/creamy-cream-cheese-cheesecake-for-passover-recipe.html

Do you use sour cream, heavy cream, or a combo? This is along the lines of what I was looking for.

[cbwm1]

I made these for Thanksgiving (with Smuckers salted caramel) and HOLY SHIT they were amazing:

www.cookingclassy.com/2014/09/caramel-apple-mini-cheesecakes-streusel-topping/

[isabel]

Dec 8, 2014 10:23:10 GMT -5 cbwm1 said:

I made these for Thanksgiving (with Smuckers salted caramel) and HOLY SHIT they were amazing:

www.cookingclassy.com/2014/09/caramel-apple-mini-cheesecakes-streusel-topping/

Droooool! I am making this for H and I know he'll want plain cheesecake, but this is getting saved. Yummmmm.

[nomad100]

Ina Garten's Mixed Berry Cheesecake is my go to recipe. So light and fluffy. It is the one think I make that people request I bring for dessert.
www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/mixed-berry-cheesecake-recipe.html

Though I usually just make up my own coulis with raspberries, blueberries, and some seedless raspeberry jam. (Throw it all into a small saucepan, and then squish through a sieve to get most of the seeds out. Or if you don't mind seeds, just give it a couple blitzes with a stick blender.)

I have also swapped the lemon peel for orange and used chocolate graham cracker and that is really good too.

Dammit. Now I want cheesecake.

[lilibet]

Dec 8, 2014 10:21:31 GMT -5 isabel said:

Dec 7, 2014 22:18:03 GMT -5 lilibet said:

This is amazing.

www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2008/04/creamy-cream-cheese-cheesecake-for-passover-recipe.html

Do you use sour cream, heavy cream, or a combo? This is along the lines of what I was looking for.

I do sour cream. Works perfectly.

[lilibet]

Also Annie's Eats has a lot of cheesecake recipes. I've mad quite a few and they've all turned out awesome.

[Deleted]

Dec 7, 2014 21:38:13 GMT -5 @smace said:

WE DONT SHARE CAKE OR PIE HERE!


lol.

I share pie.. Just not my " special pie" wink wink

[my4girls]

this is amazing

www.heidis-so-called-life.com/2010/11/pecan-pie-cheesecake.html

[Deleted]

Sweet Potato Cheesecake --AMAZING
www.homesicktexan.com/2007/11/for-thanksgiving-sweet-potato.html

[meemz]

www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/mascarpone-cheesecake-with-almond-crust-recipe.html



Sooooo good! I also drizzle salted caramel on top. Mmmmmm.

[isabel]

Dec 8, 2014 17:42:00 GMT -5 @kande818 said:

Sweet Potato Cheesecake --AMAZING
www.homesicktexan.com/2007/11/for-thanksgiving-sweet-potato.html

I have her cookbook and everything I've tried has been fantastic. I'll give this a go sometime.

[MixedBerryJam]

Dec 7, 2014 21:40:14 GMT -5 tulips said:

Who needs a recipe when you can just get one piece at Cheesecake Factory and eat off of it for four months?!

Four months? Or four minutes?

[Deleted]

Southern Living Pecan-Caramel Cheesecake
Crust: 1.5 cup Keebler Pecan Sandies, crushed, 3 tbsp. butter, melted. Mix Cookies and butter, press in bottom of 9" springform pan. Bake at 400* for 15 minutes or until browned. Cool on wire rack.

Filling: 4 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese, 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar, 1/2 cup sugar, 1.2 cup whipping cream, 1 Tbsp. Vanilla, 1/4 tsp. salt, 4 large eggs, 1/4 cup flour.
Beat sugar and Brown Sugar and cream cheese until fluffy. Add 1/4 cup flour, beat until blended. Add 1/2 cup shipping cream, vanilla and salt. Add eggs, 1 at a time, just until blended. Pour in springform pan.

Bake at 325 for 1 hour or until set. Turn off oven. COOL CHEESECAKE IN OVEN WITH DOOR PARTIALLY OPEN FOR ONE HOUR. (This is what prevents cracking)

You can top with toasted pecans and caramel sauce but it really doesn't need it. This is honestly the best cheesecake I've ever made and/or eaten.

[Alex]

These Oreo cheesecake bars are my favourite thing I bake. And I bake A LOT.

www.annies-eats.com/2010/05/21/oreo-cheesecake-bars/

[Deleted]

Dec 8, 2014 21:23:37 GMT -5 isabel said:

Dec 8, 2014 17:42:00 GMT -5 @kande818 said:

Sweet Potato Cheesecake --AMAZING
www.homesicktexan.com/2007/11/for-thanksgiving-sweet-potato.html

I have her cookbook and everything I've tried has been fantastic. I'll give this a go sometime.

I make it every Thanksgiving and its always a big hit. My family loves it!

[gottadobe]

I made these for book club, and they were a HIT.


Salted Caramel Cheescake