I am supremely bored tonight. So, why not cook and stuff my face with homemade cheesecake? I'm not usually a baker, but tonight I decided I couldn't live without cheesecake. So I took down a cookbook that I have not used yet. I got this cookbook from one of the hundreds and hundreds of books that were in the HUGE garage sale that Karen B. had.
I am not sure who actually bought or owned the cookbook, but I am guessing that it was either Karen's or Aunt Fran's!
First step is the crust. I am extremely conflicted about the crust part of this cheesecake. Normally I am not a crust girl, unless it is my Mom's pie crust or a good east coast pizza crust. I always wonder what the point to a crust on cheesecake is when the good stuff is on the inside. But, thats what the recipe calls for, so I'm going for it. And it has an entire stick of butter in the crust. Nothing can be wrong with that, LOL!
Then comes the cinnamon graham crackers and sugar. I really need to get a food processor, but I never seem to justify spending money on it when my hand crank tupperware one works just fine!
The recipe said to cover the bottom and sides of the pan with the graham cracker crust. I am compromising since I usually don't like crust and doing the bottom and a little bit of the sides.
Now comes the best part of cheesecake. CHEESE!!!! Look at all that cream cheese and sugar, no wonder this is my favorite cake! I have always said I can live off of cheese and bread alone!
Into the oven it goes. I think I lost all of my heat taking this picture though, so I'm sure that I will have to add a few minutes cooking time.
Disaster Averted. I am sitting on the computer and Jeremy asks me if my cheesecake is burning. I say of course not. Not only because I don't burn things, haha, but because it had only been in for ten minutes. Okay, so maybe I have burned things before. But, it doesn't happen often, and it is usually myself and not the food :0) I have a little cold, so I can't smell much of anything. I am glad he said something though because the butter was dripping through the springform pan and onto the bottom of the oven, smoking, of course. So had to open the oven take out the grate and wipe off the bottom of the oven, then put a pan under the cheesecake. I am GRATEFUL the fire alarm didn't go off!!! But, there went more of my oven heat :0(. Definately going to have to add cooking time.
I have to say that I dipped my finger into the topping and really did enjoy the taste of the almond. I'm really interested to taste it all together. I may convert to being a fan of cheesecake toppings, but I think I will still prefer no crust. So the cheesecake is now cooling in the fridge!!!! The only question I have is..........
WHO IS COMING OVER TO SHARE IT WITH ME, LOL???????????
I'm waiting to hear how it tastes! Looks so yummy!!
ReplyDeleteIt looks amazing. I'm with you on the crust and topping. Give me the good stuff. Sara makes wonderful cheesecake. She's always adding fancy stuff to it - I tell her - MAKE MINE PLAIN! Then I give Dave the crust. The cookbook was Mother's. She had a ton of them! Cheesecake was not her favorite thing, so I'm not sure if she ever used it. But I'm really wishing I could taste it!
ReplyDeleteIt is very good. Two things I would change are leaving the crust off and reducing the amount of almond extract. Maybe 1/2 tsp. instead of a full tsp. like the recipe calls for. The cheesecake part itself is very good. Would definately make it again :0)
ReplyDeleteMy big question here is HOW IN THE WORLD DID I MISS THAT COOKBOOK? lol Glad you got it though and it looks scrumptious.
ReplyDeleteOh and I feel the same way about the crust. Just consider it a vehicle to hold the filling. Thought the cinnamon graham crackers might have made it better. The sour cream topping sounds real yummy though.
ReplyDeleteYou probably missed it Kathy because it was only one of 7000 books!!! I only wish I would have had more time to sit and go through some more of them. I wanted a cookbook that was Aunt Fran's to add to my collection and something that would remind me of Uncle Bob :0) So, on my bookshelf in my kitchen, right next to eachother, are Mother Wonderful's cheesecakes and a wood carving book. I think if I ever have a daughter, her name will have to start with an "S" so that I can hand down the jewelry box he made me. The handle is a carved "S"! So talented :0)
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