I got this recipe 25 years ago from a lady who's great grandmother was a fabulous cook. This recipe is very old but it makes an awesome cheesecake. Be sure to not overbake.
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Deluxe Cheese Cake (very old recipe)
2 1/2 Pounds Cream Cheese , room temperature
1 3/4 Cups Sugar
3 Tablespoons Flour
1/2 Teaspoon Orange Rind, Optional , grated
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
1/2 Teaspoon Lemon Rind, Optional, grated
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
5 Large Eggs
2 Large Egg Yolks
1/2 Cup Heavy Cream
1 Deluxe Cookie Dough Recipe For Cheese Cake
Let cream cheese stand at room temperature till soft. Beat till fluffy.
Combine sugar, flour, salt, fruit rinds, and vanilla.
Blend into cream cheese gradually, keeping mixture smooth.
Add eggs one at a time blending in each one.
Add egg yolks one at a time blending in each one.
Gently stir in cream.
Turn into dough lined 10 or 12 inch cheese cake pan. Bake in a very hot oven 500° for 12 minutes or until cookie dough crust is light brown.
Reduce oven to 200° and continue baking for 3 hours. Remove side of pan and let cool.
This cake will bake up nicer if a small pan of water is placed on the bottom of the oven to provide moisture while cake is baking.
This dough when baked as a lining for the cake makes for firmer sides but when you eat a slice of cheesecake it blends in so nicely with the cheesecake you can hardly tell the difference.
Dough
1 Cup Flour
1/4 Cup Sugar
1 Teaspoon Lemon Rind, grated
1/4 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 Large Egg Yolk
1/2 Cup Butter
Combine flour, sugar, lemon rind and vanilla.
Make a well in the center and add egg yolk and butter; blend together.
Wrap in waxed paper and chill in refrigerator 1 hour.
Roll about 1/3 of the dough between floured pieces of waxed paper into a circle about 9 1/2 inches in diameter and 1/8 inch thick
Place on bottom of a spring for pan and trim to fit pan.
Bake in hot oven 400° for about 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool
Butter sides of pan and place over the base. Roll remaining dough to a rectangle 4 inches wide and 15 inches long.
Cut in half lengthwise. Line sides of pan with cookie strips. Pan is now ready for cheese cake filling.
This dough is a little hard to work with but makes a superb light delicate crust for Deluxe Cheese Cake. Or you can use graham cracker crust. Either way this cheesecake is the best I have ever had.