Easy Cheesecake

What’s better than Cheesecake is an Easy Cheesecake recipe! Several months ago, I set out to find an Easy Cheesecake recipe. It started when my friend prepared the best one I had ever had. She said it was an Easy Cheesecake recipe but that she had made it so many times that she didn’t measure the ingredients anymore! So I searched online for Easy Cheesecake recipes. After trial and error, I found a way to make THE most perfect and Easy Cheesecake!

Ingredients- for one Easy Cheesecake (Baked)

1 prepared Graham Cracker Pie Crust (Keebler brand is the best!)

2 boxes of Philadelphia Brick Cream Cheese- Original flavor (A must for best flavor!)

½ Cup of Sugar

½ tsp of Pure Vanilla Extract

2 Eggs

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit

First, set out the cream cheese to allow it to soften. Once it has become soft, empty both packages into a medium mixing bowl. Add both eggs and begin mixing. Once the cream cheese and eggs begin to smooth out add the sugar and mix well. Finally add in the ½ tsp of vanilla and mix until smooth. Pour into the Graham Cracker Pie crust and place in the oven at 425 degrees F for 45 mins. to 1hr. Remove from oven, let cool, then cover it and place it into the refrigerator for 4 hrs minimum or overnight to set. Serves at least 8 (depending on slice size)

Helpful Tips:

1. If you are preparing this recipe without an electric mixer, as I do, the batter will have some very small lumps that won’t come out when mixing by hand, however, this will not affect the texture or flavor once it has completely baked.

2. If you are nervous about putting your oven at this temperature, the best way to make sure that your cake is done is to pay attention to what the top looks like…if it has risen, and has begun to crack (once you try this, you will know what I mean), it is done!

3. If you enjoy strawberry topping, one easy and delicious thing you can do is purchase a container of frozen strawberries (with the sugar added!), thaw them out before you prepare the cake and then add them to the top before you place it in to the fridge to set. Also you can incorporate any other topping or add in you like!

Hope you Enjoy!

Philadelphia New York Cheesecake

Ingredients:

6 HONEY MAID Honey Grahams, crushed (about 1 cup)

3 Tbsp. sugar

3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted

5 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

1 cup sugar

3 Tbsp. flour

1 Tbsp. vanilla

1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream

4 eggs

1 can (21 oz.) cherry pie filling

Directions:

MIX crumbs, 3 Tbsp. sugar and butter; press onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan. Bake 10 min.

MEANWHILE, beat cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, flour and vanilla with mixer until well blended. Add sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.

BAKE 40 min. or until center is almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 4 hours. Top with pie filling.

I haven't tried this recipe but it sounded pretty delicious and had good reviews.

This recipe was provided by brands.kraftfoods.com

Philadelphia New York-Style Sour Cream Topped Cheesecake

Ingredients:

1-1/2 cups HONEY MAID Graham Cracker Crumbs

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted

1-1/4 cups sugar, divided

4 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

2 tsp. vanilla, divided

1 container (16 oz.) BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream, divided

4 eggs

2 cups fresh strawberries, sliced

Directions:

HEAT oven to 325°F. Line 13x9-inch pan with foil, with ends extending over sides of pan. Mix crumbs, butter and 2 Tbsp. sugar; press onto bottom of pan.

BEAT cream cheese, 1 cup of remaining sugar and 1 tsp. vanilla in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add 1 cup sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.

BAKE 40 min. or until center is almost set. Mix remaining sour cream, sugar and vanilla; carefully spread over cheesecake. Bake 10 min. Cool completely. Refrigerate 4 hours. Use foil handles to lift cheesecake from pan just before serving; top with berries.

I really appreciated this recipe because it was the most clostly related to mine, this was the one I found that got me going!

This recipe was also provided by brands.kraftfoods.com