The Fannie Farmer cookbook has a simple plain recipe for cheesecake that I found easy to size down to half. The directions are clear and easy to follow and it does not have a citrus flavor. I wanted to share this with my daughter and she does not care for citrus or at least lemon flavor. I used a 7 inch Nordic Ware springform pan but you could use muffin pans with liners in the cups. Do not over bake, the center should be a little soft and moist and jiggle when lightly tapped. It needs to cool and stay in the refrigerator at least over night.
It called for the eggs to be separated and the whites folded in at the end, but I didn’t want to fuss with that so just added the whole eggs when yolks were called for in the directions and it worked just fine.
Fannie Farmer Cheesecake
Ingredients
graham cracker or cookie crumb crust
8 ounce package cream cheese at room temperature
½ cup sugar
1 tablespoon all purpose regular or GF flour
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 eggs
½ cup sour cream
1tablespoon lemon juice (optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Pat your crust you are using over bottom and about 1 inch up the sides of the pan. Refrigerate while making batter.
In mixing bowl using a mixer beat cream cheese until soft and light. Add sugar, flour, salt and vanilla and beat till well blended. Beat in eggs till blended. Stir in sour cream (and lemon juice if using).
Pour into prepared pan and bake for about one hour or until the filling has puffed up and jiggles slightly when shaken. DO NOT OVERBAKE
Remove from oven and let cool on a rack until room temperature. Refrigerate several hours or overnight.
Cheesecake is a favorite dessert for my daughter-in-law. I tend to think it's for special ocassions. It sure doesn't seem there was a need to separate the eggs as yours seems to have lovely loft.
ReplyDeleteI tend to think so also but do make it when I can find GF cookies or graham crackers. I hate separating eggs and was glad this worked, they had a nice loft and the texture was good.
DeleteOMG, that looks so yummy that I think I could eat the whole thing; maybe not at one setting, but wouldn't take long for me to finish it all. :}
ReplyDeleteI much rather have cheese cake than a regular cake.
I have the Fanny Farmer hard back cookbook and there are some wonderful recipes. Many of my pages are rather food stained from alot of use but still able to read the recipes