cheesecake with variations

Name: Cheesecake with variations
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 package(s) cream cheese; 3/4 cup(s) sugar; 2 egga; 1/2 cup(s) sour cream; 1 tablespoon(s) vanilla extract; 1 graham cracker pie crust or shortbread or chocolate

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mary hendricks

conyers, GA

Updated on Aug 9, 2019

Rich creamy easy cheesecake . this is for those pre made crusts at the store it doesn't use as much cream cheese as a spring form pan. There are easy for taking to dinners or giving as gifts ya flip the plastic and its a lid and no worries of not getting the pie plate back. Made these for years and get requests for them. Variations are in the last section of directions. Picture is the plain cheesecake

Rate

prep time 10 Min

cook time 30 Min

method Bake

yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

2 packages cream cheese
3/4 cup sugar
2 egga
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 graham cracker pie crust or shortbread or chocolate

How To Make cheesecake with variations

Step 1

Preheat oven 350°

Step 2

Cream cream cheese then add sugar and cream together
Step 3

Add sour cream and cream together
Step 4

Add eggs and cream together
Step 5

Add vanilla and cream together
Step 6

Pour into prepared crust and bake 30 minutes or until set in center.
Step 7

Cover and refrigerate until serving
Step 8

You can make lots of variations. New York style after cooling. Take 1 cup sour cream 1/2 c of sugar 1 tsp vanilla and beat until combined well spread on top. Chocolate or butter scotch ..melt 1 cup chocolate or butterscotch chips and stir into cream cheese mixture as a last step before baking Marbled melt 1 cup of chocolate mix with 1/2 of the mix. Pour into the plain mix in a zig zag patern and swirl with a knife Chocolate ribbon. Melt 1 c of chocolate chips pour in a zigzag and swirl with knife. When it cools the chocolate will reharden and have a ribboning of You can top with your favorite fruit like pie filling. Strawberry. Blueberry. Cherry etc ..
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