Recipe of Thomas Keller Lemon Cheesecake with Butter Cookie Crust

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon cheesecake with butter cookie crust using 21 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lemon Cheesecake with Butter Cookie Crust:

1. Make ready 1 FOR COOKIE CRUST
2. Take 2 1/2 cup butter cookie crumbs, I used pepperidge farms chessman cookies.You will need about 1 1/2 bags of the 7.25 oz bag.
3. Take 1/4 cup confectioners sugar
4. Take 1/3 cup melted butter
5. Prepare 1 FOR LEMON CHEESECAKE FILLING
6. Make ready 5 8 ounce packages of cream cheese at room temperature
7. Take 2 cup granulated sugar
8. Get 1/4 tsp salt
9. Prepare 7 large eggs
10. Get 24 oz sour cream ( 3 cups )
11. Get 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
12. Prepare 2 tbsp lemon zest
13. Take 1 tsp vanilla extract
14. Prepare 1 FOR WHIPPED CREAM TOPPNG
15. Take 2 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
16. Get 3 tbsp confectioners sugar
17. Take 1 tsp vanilla extract
18. Make ready 1 FOR GARNISH
19. Get 1 cup fresh berries of choice, some for serving after slicing
20. Prepare 6 thin lemon slices
21. Get 1/4 cup chcolate shavings

Instructions to make Lemon Cheesecake with Butter Cookie Crust:

1. PREPARE BAKING PAN
2. Spray a 9 inche diameter removable bottom springform pan with 3 inch high sides with non stick spray, line bottom with parchment paper to fit.
3. FOR CRUST
4. Combine crumbs, confectioners sugar and butter mix well. Press into bottom and a bit up the sides of the prepared pan. Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes until golden brown. Cool before filling
5. Cover bottom and sides of cooled prepared crust pan with a double layer of aluminum foil tightly.This is to keep cheesecake dry while baking in a water bath pan.
6. PREPARE LEMON CHEESECAKE FILLING
7. Prehat oven to 325
8. In a large bowl beat cream cheese until smooth and fluffy, add sugar slowly than add salt. Beat in eggs one at a time, beat in sour cream, lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla.Pour filling into prepated pan.
9. Place foil wrapped cake in a large roasting pan. Pour enough very hot water into roasting pan to come halfway up cake pan. (this is the water bath ) Bake until filling is slightly puffy and moves only a tiny bit in center when shaken.This will take about 1hour 25 to 30 minutes. Remove cake pan from water bath, remove foil. Cool cake on a wire rack until room temperature about 2 hours. Chill in refrigerator, uncovered until cold, then cover. Keep chilled at least overnight before removing from pan. To remove from pan cut around sides to carefully loosen bottom from sides with small sharp knife.remove side part of springform pan. Place cheesescake on serving dish.
10. FOR TOPPING
11. In a chilled bowl beat heavy cream until soft peaks form, add confectioners sugar and vanilla and beat until stiff. Spread over to and sides of cheesecake.
12. Garish wth thin lemon slices, fresh berries and chocolate shavings

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