Easy Lemon Cheescake
Ingredients
- CRUST
- 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- FILLING
- 4 8 ounce packages of cream cheese (softened)
- 4 eggs
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp grated lemon peel
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- TOPPING
- 2 cups plain yogurt (you can use a flavored one as well but use less sugar)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp grated lemon peel
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Preparation
During our test kitchen, we found that it may be difficult at times to mix the cream cheese and sugar (especially if the cream cheese is not softened) If you find it difficult to mix sugar and cream cheese, start adding eggs, one at a time, at low speed, until the mixture is smooth.
Bake at 350 degrees for 65 minutes. Different ovens cook differently. Watch the center of the cheesecake, if the center is "set", your cheesecake ready. Another helpful tip is to place a metal container under the cheesecake in the oven to catch the drippings off the cheesecake pan.
Remove from the oven and let stand for 5 minutes. Refrigerate overnight.
Before serving the cheesecake, mix the topping ingredients. To remove the cheesecake from the pan, take a knife and run it around the edge of the pan to loosen. Snap open the pan and remove your cheesecake. Top the cheesecake with prepared yogurt icing. Decorate with lemons and any other fruit. Serve and enjoy!