Lemon Cheesecake.
You can have Lemon Cheesecake using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Lemon Cheesecake
- Prepare of Crust.
- You need 2 1/4 cup of Graham crackers crumbs.
- It's 1/4 cup of sugar.
- It's 6 tbsp of melted butter.
- Prepare of Filling.
- Prepare 3 packages of cream cheese.
- Prepare 3 of eggs.
- You need 1 1/4 cup of sugar.
- It's 3 tbsp of lemon juice.
- Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- You need 1 tsp of grinded lemon rind.
- Prepare of Sour cream topping.
- Prepare 1 pints of sour cream.
- You need 3 tbsp of sugar.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of vanilla extract.
- Prepare of Glaze.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of sugar.
- You need 1 tbsp of cornstarch.
- You need 1/2 cup of water.
- You need 2 tbsp of lemon juice.
Lemon Cheesecake step by step
- Combine crackers crumbs, sugar and butter. Bake at 350°F for 5 minutes. Cool before adding filling..
- Beat cream cheese with electric mixer at high speed until completely smooth..
- Add eggs and gradually add the sugar, lemon juice and vanilla. Stir in lemon rind..
- Pour into cooled crust and bake at 350°F for 35 minutes..
- Blend sour cream, sugar and vanilla extract..
- Remove cake from oven. Spread the sour cream mix over the top of cake. Return to oven and bake about 12 minutes..
- Cool on rack for 30 minutes. Refrigerate until topping is cool but not completely chilled..
- Make glaze by combining sugar and cornstarch, bleeding in water and lemon juice until smooth. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until thickened. Cook 3 minutes. Chill until cool but not set..
- Spread top of cheesecake with lemon glaze. Chill several hours or overnight..