Recipe courtesy of Michele Urvater
Helen's Cheesecake
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 12 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 12 servings
- Calories
- 295
- Total Fat
- 15
- Saturated Fat
- 7
- Carbohydrates
- 33
- Dietary Fiber
- 8
- Sugar
- 19
- Protein
- 12
- Cholesterol
- 97
- Sodium
- 332
- Total: 3 hr
- Prep: 2 hr
- Cook: 1 hr
Ingredients
Butter for cake pan
Dough:
6 ounces zwieback cookies, crumbed and mixed with 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon and 1/2 cup melted
Filling:
7 tablespoons softened butter
4 large eggs, separated
1 cup sugar
2 pounds farmer's cheese
1 teaspoon vanilla
Grated peel of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
- Butter a 9-inch or 10-inch springform cake pan. Set aside 3/4 cup of the crumb dough to sprinkle over the top. Press crumb mixture on bottom and up sides of form (as much as will stick).
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix butter, egg yolks, sugar together. Add cheese, vanilla, grated rind and lemon juice, flour and baking powder. Beat 4 egg whites until peaked. Fold into cheese mixture and pour on top of dough. Add chopped walnuts to reserved crumb mixture and sprinkle mixture over the top.
- Bake for 1 hour or until set. Turn off heat, open oven door and let stand for 1 hour or until cooled. Remove rim of spring form pan and set cake with its cake bottom on serving plate.